improvisar
/impɾobiˈsaɾ/ · B2 · verb
to improvise (make something up as one goes on)
🎷 improvisar = im-PROVISAR: no pre-provided plan, you make it up live
Spanish improvisar comes from Latin improvisus, meaning unforeseen (in- 'not' + provisus 'foreseen'). Link it to English 'provide' and 'provision': to improvise is to act with nothing provided or planned ahead. Same root as English improvise.