investir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin investiō, investīre.

Pronunciation
  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /im.vəsˈti/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /im.bəsˈti/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /im.vesˈtiɾ/

Verb

investir (first-person singular present investeixo, past participle investit)

  1. to invest (to ceremonially install someone in some office)

Conjugation
Conjugation of investir (third conjugation with -eix- infix)
infinitive investir
present participle investint
past participle masculine feminine
singular investit investida
plural investits investides
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present investeixo investeixes investeix investim investiu investeixen
imperfect investia investies investia investíem investíeu investien
future investiré investiràs investirà investirem investireu investiran
preterite investí investires investí investírem investíreu investiren
conditional investiria investiries investiria investiríem investiríeu investirien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present investeixi investeixis investeixi investim investiu investeixin
imperfect investís investissis investís investíssim investíssiu investissin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós		 vostès
— investeix investeixi investim investiu investeixin

Further reading

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin investīre, present active infinitive of investiō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.vɛs.tiʁ/
  • audio(file)

Verb

investir

  1. to invest

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Conjugation of investir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle investissant
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.sɑ̃/
past participle investi
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti/
infinitive
simple investir
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple investissant
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present investis
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti/		 investis
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti/		 investit
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti/		 investissons
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.sɔ̃/		 investissez
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.se/		 investissent
/ɛ̃.vɛs.tis/
imperfect investissais
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.sɛ/		 investissais
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.sɛ/		 investissait
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.sɛ/		 investissions
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.sjɔ̃/		 investissiez
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.sje/		 investissaient
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.sɛ/
past historic2 investis
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti/		 investis
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti/		 investit
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti/		 investîmes
/ɛ̃.vɛs.tim/		 investîtes
/ɛ̃.vɛs.tit/		 investirent
/ɛ̃.vɛs.tiʁ/
future investirai
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.ʁe/		 investiras
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.ʁa/		 investira
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.ʁa/		 investirons
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.ʁɔ̃/		 investirez
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.ʁe/		 investiront
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.ʁɔ̃/
conditional investirais
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.ʁɛ/		 investirais
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.ʁɛ/		 investirait
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.ʁɛ/		 investirions
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.ʁjɔ̃/		 investiriez
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.ʁje/		 investiraient
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present investisse
/ɛ̃.vɛs.tis/		 investisses
/ɛ̃.vɛs.tis/		 investisse
/ɛ̃.vɛs.tis/		 investissions
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.sjɔ̃/		 investissiez
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.sje/		 investissent
/ɛ̃.vɛs.tis/
imperfect2 investisse
/ɛ̃.vɛs.tis/		 investisses
/ɛ̃.vɛs.tis/		 investît
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti/		 investissions
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.sjɔ̃/		 investissiez
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.sje/		 investissent
/ɛ̃.vɛs.tis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — investis
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti/		 — investissons
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.sɔ̃/		 investissez
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.se/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin investiō, investīre.

Pronunciation
  • (Paulista) IPA(key): /ˌĩ.ves.ˈti(ɹ)/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌĩ.ves.ˈti(ɻ)/
  • Homophone: investi (Brazil)

Verb

investir (first-person singular present indicative invisto, past participle investido)

  1. to invest (commit money or effort)
  2. to charge (move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat)
  3. to invest (ceremonially install someone in some office)

Conjugation
  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ir verb investir
Notes:[edit]
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu)		 Second-person
(tu)		 Third-person
(ele / ela / você)		 First-person
(nós)		 Second-person
(vós)		 Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal investir
Personal investir investires investir investirmos investirdes investirem
Gerund
investindo
Past participle
Masculine investido investidos
Feminine investida investidas
Indicative
Present invisto investes investe investimos investis investem
Imperfect investia investias investia investíamos investíeis investiam
Preterite investi investiste investiu investimos investistes investiram
Pluperfect investira investiras investira investíramos investíreis investiram
Future investirei investirás investirá investiremos investireis investirão
Conditional
investiria investirias investiria investiríamos investiríeis investiriam
Subjunctive
Present invista invistas invista invistamos invistais invistam
Imperfect investisse investisses investisse investíssemos investísseis investissem
Future investir investires investir investirmos investirdes investirem
Imperative
Affirmative - investe invista invistamos investi invistam
Negative (não) - invistas invista invistamos invistais invistam

Synonyms

Spanish

Alternative forms
  • envestir

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin investiō, investīre. Doublet of embestir.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /imbesˈtiɾ/, [ĩmbesˈt̪iɾ]

Verb

investir (first-person singular present invisto, first-person singular preterite investí, past participle investido)

  1. to invest (to commit money or effort)
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      El diputado de la CUP David Fernández añadió que “no hay un sólo documento donde esté previsto investir a Mas. No le haremos el juego.
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  2. to invest (to ceremonially install someone in some office)

Conjugation
  • Rule: e weakens to i in certain conjugations.
    Conjugation of investir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
infinitive investir
gerund invistiendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular investido investida
plural investidos investidas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present invisto invistestú
investísvos		 inviste investimos investís invisten
imperfect investía investías investía investíamos investíais investían
preterite investí investiste invistió investimos investisteis invistieron
future investiré investirás investirá investiremos investiréis investirán
conditional investiría investirías investiría investiríamos investiríais investirían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present invista invistas invista invistamos invistáis invistan
imperfect
(ra)		 invistiera invistieras invistiera invistiéramos invistierais invistieran
imperfect
(se)		 invistiese invistieses invistiese invistiésemos invistieseis invistiesen
future1 invistiere invistieres invistiere invistiéremos invistiereis invistieren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative invistetú
investívos		 invista invistamos investid invistan
negative no invistas no invista no invistamos no invistáis no invistan
  • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
Other verbs with this conjugation:
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        Selected combined forms of investiredit data

    These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    with infinitive investir
    dative investirme investirte investirle, investirse investirnos investiros investirles, investirse
    accusative investirme investirte investirlo, investirla, investirse investirnos investiros investirlos, investirlas, investirse
    with gerund invistiendo
    dative invistiéndome invistiéndote invistiéndole, invistiéndose invistiéndonos invistiéndoos invistiéndoles, invistiéndose
    accusative invistiéndome invistiéndote invistiéndolo, invistiéndola, invistiéndose invistiéndonos invistiéndoos invistiéndolos, invistiéndolas, invistiéndose
    with informal second-person singular imperative inviste
    dative invísteme invístete invístele invístenos not used invísteles
    accusative invísteme invístete invístelo, invístela invístenos not used invístelos, invístelas
    with formal second-person singular imperative invista
    dative invístame not used invístale, invístase invístanos not used invístales
    accusative invístame not used invístalo, invístala, invístase invístanos not used invístalos, invístalas
    with first-person plural imperative invistamos
    dative not used invistámoste invistámosle invistámonos invistámoos invistámosles
    accusative not used invistámoste invistámoslo, invistámosla invistámonos invistámoos invistámoslos, invistámoslas
    with informal second-person plural imperative investid
    dative investidme not used investidle investidnos investíos investidles
    accusative investidme not used investidlo, investidla investidnos investíos investidlos, investidlas
    with formal second-person plural imperative invistan
    dative invístanme not used invístanle invístannos not used invístanles, invístanse
    accusative invístanme not used invístanlo, invístanla invístannos not used invístanlos, invístanlas, invístanse

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