idearverb
Idear means to devise or to come up with in English. It is a verb, and you will see it as ideó, idearon and ideando.
- to devise
- to come up with
Tenemos que idear algún medio de escape.
We must devise some means of escape.
Tomás ideó un plan para asaltar la casa de María.
Tomás devised a plan to burglarize María's house.
Él ideó una forma para hablar con Nuria en privado.
He contrived a means of speaking to Nuria privately.
Samuel se ideó un plan astuto para cubrir sus rastros.
Samuel devised a cunning plan to cover his tracks.
Common forms
| Form | Reading | Tense |
|---|---|---|
| ideó | he, she, it | Preterite |
| idearon | they | Preterite |
| ideando | Gerund | |
| idean | they | Present |
| ideamos | we | Present or preterite |
| ideaba | he, she, it | Imperfect |
| ideara | he, she, it | Past subjunctive |
| ideaban | they | Imperfect |
| ideasen | they | Past subjunctive |
| ideaste | you | Preterite |
| idease | he, she, it | Past subjunctive |