generar
/xeneˈɾaɾ/ · B1 · verb
to generate, to create, to produce, to cause
🧬 Latin generare, from genus (birth, kind): same root as gene and generation
English generate comes from the same Latin word, so generar is its direct twin. The g sounds like a throaty h: heh-neh-RAR. Related Spanish words share the root: género (kind), generación (generation), gente (people).