Spanish word

innovador

Pronunciation

IPA/innoβaˈðoɾ/

Meaning

  • adjectiveinnovative

Example

Esta idea es innovadora y puede cambiar el mercado.

This idea is innovative and may change the market.

Illustration for innovador (innovative)

More examples

Un servicio innovador puede fidelizar a los clientes.

An innovative service can build customer loyalty.

Core concept

A person or thing that introduces and applies new ideas to change or improve the usual way.

Common phrases

  • servicio innovador

    innovative service

  • método innovador

    innovative method

  • diseño innovador

    innovative design

Similar words

creativo: Produces imaginative, original ideas with an emphasis on inventiveness.
original: Shows a distinctive, uncommon quality or approach with unique characteristics.
moderno: Matches current trends or technologies, appearing up-to-date in style or function.
novedoso: Presents a strikingly new feature or idea that was not common before.

Definition in Spanish

Que propone o aplica ideas nuevas que cambian o mejoran lo habitual.

Word origin

From the Spanish verb innovar and ultimately from Latin innovare 'make new' (in- 'into' + novus 'new'), with the suffix -dor forming an adjective or agent noun.

Usage tips

  • Spanish speakers often specify what is new or how it improves (for example innovador en eficiencia energética), and the adjective agrees in gender and number (innovadora, innovadores).

Other meanings

  • noveladjective
  • groundbreakingadjective
  • innovatornoun

Opposites

  • anticuadoold-fashionedadjective
  • conservadorconservativeadjective

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