travestir

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian travestire.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʁa.vɛs.tiʁ/

Verb

travestir

  1. (transitive) to disguise
  2. (reflexive) to dress up (especially in clothes of the opposite sex)
  3. (transitive, derogatory) to travesty (to make a travesty of), distort

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 travestir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle travestissant
/tʁa.vɛs.ti.sɑ̃/
past participle travesti
/tʁa.vɛs.ti/
infinitive
simple travestir
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple travestissant
/tʁa.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 travestis
/tʁa.vɛs.ti/		 travestis
/tʁa.vɛs.ti/		 travestit
/tʁa.vɛs.ti/		 travestissons
/tʁa.vɛs.ti.sɔ̃/		 travestissez
/tʁa.vɛs.ti.se/		 travestissent
/tʁa.vɛs.tis/
imperfect travestissais
/tʁa.vɛs.ti.sɛ/		 travestissais
/tʁa.vɛs.ti.sɛ/		 travestissait
/tʁa.vɛs.ti.sɛ/		 travestissions
/tʁa.vɛs.ti.sjɔ̃/		 travestissiez
/tʁa.vɛs.ti.sje/		 travestissaient
/tʁa.vɛs.ti.sɛ/
past historic2 travestis
/tʁa.vɛs.ti/		 travestis
/tʁa.vɛs.ti/		 travestit
/tʁa.vɛs.ti/		 travestîmes
/tʁa.vɛs.tim/		 travestîtes
/tʁa.vɛs.tit/		 travestirent
/tʁa.vɛs.tiʁ/
future travestirai
/tʁa.vɛs.ti.ʁe/		 travestiras
/tʁa.vɛs.ti.ʁa/		 travestira
/tʁa.vɛs.ti.ʁa/		 travestirons
/tʁa.vɛs.ti.ʁɔ̃/		 travestirez
/tʁa.vɛs.ti.ʁe/		 travestiront
/tʁa.vɛs.ti.ʁɔ̃/
conditional travestirais
/tʁa.vɛs.ti.ʁɛ/		 travestirais
/tʁa.vɛs.ti.ʁɛ/		 travestirait
/tʁa.vɛs.ti.ʁɛ/		 travestirions
/tʁa.vɛs.ti.ʁjɔ̃/		 travestiriez
/tʁa.vɛs.ti.ʁje/		 travestiraient
/tʁa.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 travestisse
/tʁa.vɛs.tis/		 travestisses
/tʁa.vɛs.tis/		 travestisse
/tʁa.vɛs.tis/		 travestissions
/tʁa.vɛs.ti.sjɔ̃/		 travestissiez
/tʁa.vɛs.ti.sje/		 travestissent
/tʁa.vɛs.tis/
imperfect2 travestisse
/tʁa.vɛs.tis/		 travestisses
/tʁa.vɛs.tis/		 travestît
/tʁa.vɛs.ti/		 travestissions
/tʁa.vɛs.ti.sjɔ̃/		 travestissiez
/tʁa.vɛs.ti.sje/		 travestissent
/tʁa.vɛs.tis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — travestis
/tʁa.vɛs.ti/		 — travestissons
/tʁa.vɛs.ti.sɔ̃/		 travestissez
/tʁa.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

Portuguese

Etymology

From French travestir.

Verb

travestir

  1. to dress up in drag (as members of the opposite sex)
  2. to disguise, to masquerade

Conjugation
  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ir verb travestir
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 travestir
Personal travestir travestires travestir travestirmos travestirdes travestirem
Gerund
travestindo
Past participle
Masculine travestido travestidos
Feminine travestida travestidas
Indicative
Present travisto travestes traveste travestimos travestis travestem
Imperfect travestia travestias travestia travestíamos travestíeis travestiam
Preterite travesti travestiste travestiu travestimos travestistes travestiram
Pluperfect travestira travestiras travestira travestíramos travestíreis travestiram
Future travestirei travestirás travestirá travestiremos travestireis travestirão
Conditional
travestiria travestirias travestiria travestiríamos travestiríeis travestiriam
Subjunctive
Present travista travistas travista travistamos travistais travistam
Imperfect travestisse travestisses travestisse travestíssemos travestísseis travestissem
Future travestir travestires travestir travestirmos travestirdes travestirem
Imperative
Affirmative - traveste travista travistamos travesti travistam
Negative (não) - travistas travista travistamos travistais travistam

Spanish

Etymology

From French travestir.

Verb

travestir

  1. to dress up in drag (as members of the opposite sex)

Conjugation
  • Rule: e weakens to i in certain conjugations.
    Conjugation of travestir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
infinitive travestir
gerund travistiendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular travestido travestida
plural travestidos travestidas
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 travisto travistestú
travestísvos		 traviste travestimos travestís travisten
imperfect travestía travestías travestía travestíamos travestíais travestían
preterite travestí travestiste travistió travestimos travestisteis travistieron
future travestiré travestirás travestirá travestiremos travestiréis travestirán
conditional travestiría travestirías travestiría travestiríamos travestiríais travestirían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present travista travistas travista travistamos travistáis travistan
imperfect
(ra)		 travistiera travistieras travistiera travistiéramos travistierais travistieran
imperfect
(se)		 travistiese travistieses travistiese travistiésemos travistieseis travistiesen
future1 travistiere travistieres travistiere travistiéremos travistiereis travistieren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative travistetú
travestívos		 travista travistamos travestid travistan
negative no travistas no travista no travistamos no travistáis no travistan
  • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
Other verbs with this conjugation:
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        Selected combined forms of travestiredit 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 travestir
    dative travestirme travestirte travestirle, travestirse travestirnos travestiros travestirles, travestirse
    accusative travestirme travestirte travestirlo, travestirla, travestirse travestirnos travestiros travestirlos, travestirlas, travestirse
    with gerund travistiendo
    dative travistiéndome travistiéndote travistiéndole, travistiéndose travistiéndonos travistiéndoos travistiéndoles, travistiéndose
    accusative travistiéndome travistiéndote travistiéndolo, travistiéndola, travistiéndose travistiéndonos travistiéndoos travistiéndolos, travistiéndolas, travistiéndose
    with informal second-person singular imperative traviste
    dative travísteme travístete travístele travístenos not used travísteles
    accusative travísteme travístete travístelo, travístela travístenos not used travístelos, travístelas
    with formal second-person singular imperative travista
    dative travístame not used travístale, travístase travístanos not used travístales
    accusative travístame not used travístalo, travístala, travístase travístanos not used travístalos, travístalas
    with first-person plural imperative travistamos
    dative not used travistámoste travistámosle travistámonos travistámoos travistámosles
    accusative not used travistámoste travistámoslo, travistámosla travistámonos travistámoos travistámoslos, travistámoslas
    with informal second-person plural imperative travestid
    dative travestidme not used travestidle travestidnos travestíos travestidles
    accusative travestidme not used travestidlo, travestidla travestidnos travestíos travestidlos, travestidlas
    with formal second-person plural imperative travistan
    dative travístanme not used travístanle travístannos not used travístanles, travístanse
    accusative travístanme not used travístanlo, travístanla travístannos not used travístanlos, travístanlas, travístanse
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