"Creativity" vocabulary

An essential list of words and expressions to talk about creativity and inspiration in Spanish.

Spanish vocabulary

dar rienda suelta a la imaginación to let your imagination run wild
devanarse los sesos (Spain) to rack your brains
romperse la cabeza to rack your brains
una lluvia de ideas brainstorming
dar con una solución to come up with / find a solution
un destello de inspiración flash of inspiration
descabellado/a far-fetched / crazy
romper moldes to break the mould (US: mold)
replantear(se) to rethink
cobrar forma to take shape
pulir to refine / polish
descartar to discard / rule out
plasmar una idea to express / capture an idea
novedoso/a innovative / novel
la creatividad creativity
creativo/a creative
la inspiración inspiration
la imaginación imagination
el ingenio ingenuity
la originalidad originality
la innovación innovation
innovador/a innovative
una idea original original idea
una idea brillante brilliant idea
una idea atrevida bold idea
una idea rompedora groundbreaking idea
un enfoque creativo creative approach
una perspectiva nueva fresh perspective
dar con una idea to come up with an idea
desarrollar una idea to develop an idea
explorar una idea to explore an idea
llevar una idea a la práctica to put an idea into practice
de vanguardia cutting-edge
la falta de inspiración lack of inspiration
imaginativo/a imaginative
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