convertir
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin convertere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [kum.bərˈti]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [koɱ.vərˈti]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [koɱ.veɾˈtiɾ]
Verb edit
convertir (first-person singular present converteixo, first-person singular preterite convertí, past participle convertit)
Conjugation edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “convertir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “convertir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “convertir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “convertir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French convertir, from Latin convertō.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
convertir
- to convert (change one thing into another)
- to convert (exchange one thing into another)
- to convert (to change someone's beliefs)
- to convert; to bring around (to change someone's mind or opinion)
- (reflexive) to become; to change into
- (reflexive) to convert (+ à = to)
- Elle s’est convertie à l’islam.
- She converted to Islam.
Conjugation edit
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-.
infinitive | simple | convertir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | convertissant /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | converti /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | convertis /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti/ |
convertis /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti/ |
convertit /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti/ |
convertissons /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sɔ̃/ |
convertissez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.se/ |
convertissent /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tis/ |
imperfect | convertissais /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sɛ/ |
convertissais /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sɛ/ |
convertissait /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sɛ/ |
convertissions /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
convertissiez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sje/ |
convertissaient /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | convertis /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti/ |
convertis /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti/ |
convertit /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti/ |
convertîmes /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tim/ |
convertîtes /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tit/ |
convertirent /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tiʁ/ | |
future | convertirai /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁe/ |
convertiras /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁa/ |
convertira /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁa/ |
convertirons /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ |
convertirez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁe/ |
convertiront /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | convertirais /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɛ/ |
convertirais /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɛ/ |
convertirait /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɛ/ |
convertirions /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ |
convertiriez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁje/ |
convertiraient /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.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 | convertisse /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tis/ |
convertisses /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tis/ |
convertisse /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tis/ |
convertissions /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
convertissiez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sje/ |
convertissent /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tis/ |
imperfect2 | convertisse /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tis/ |
convertisses /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tis/ |
convertît /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti/ |
convertissions /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
convertissiez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sje/ |
convertissent /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tis/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | convertis /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti/ |
— | convertissons /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sɔ̃/ |
convertissez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.se/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “convertir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
convertir
- to convert (change from one state to another)
Conjugation edit
This verb conjugates as a third-group or second-group verb (ending in -ir, without or with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Descendants edit
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
convertir (first-person singular present convierto, first-person singular preterite convertí, past participle convertido)
- (transitive) to convert
- (transitive) to turn
- (transitive) to transform
- (reflexive) + en to become, get, turn, transform
Usage notes edit
- convertirse en can proceed noun phrases but not adjectives. Compare hacerse, volverse, quedarse and ponerse.
Conjugation edit
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “convertir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014