idear
The word ideaban is the imperfect form of idear in the third person plural.
See the full idear conjugation
idear(
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deh
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)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
1. (to conceive)
a. to devise
Dos oficiales estadounidenses idearon un plan para fugarse del campo de prisioneros de guerra.Two American officers devised a plan to escape from the prisoner-of-war camp.
b. to think up
Tenemos que idear una excusa para explicar por qué no fuimos a la escuela.We need to think up an excuse for not having gone to school.
c. to come up with
Alejandra ideó un plan para hacerle creer a Lucas que nos habíamos ido de viaje.Alejandra came up with a plan to trick Lucas into thinking that we had left the city.
2. (to design)
a. to invent
Leonardo da Vinci ya había ideado una máquina voladora siglos atrás.Leonardo da Vinci had already invented a flying machine centuries ago.
b. to devise
El terrorista ideó un mecanismo que hace detonar la bomba si se intenta desactivarla.The terrorist devised a mechanism that detonates the bomb if someone tries to defuse it.
ideartransitive verb
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
1. (planear)
a. to think up, to devise
2. (inventar)
a. to invent
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