convidar

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *convitāre, present active infinitive of *convitō, from Latin invītō (“I invite”).

Verb

convidar (first-person singular indicative present convido, past participle convidáu)

1. to invite

   Synonym: invitar

Conjugation

Conjugation of convidar

infinitive		convidar
gerund		convidando
past participle		m convidáu, f convidada, n convidao, m pl convidaos, f pl convidaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	convido	convides	convida	convidamos	convidáis	conviden
	imperfect	convidaba	convidabes	convidaba	convidábemos, convidábamos	convidabeis, convidabais	convidaben
	preterite	convidé	convidasti, convidesti	convidó	convidemos	convidastis, convidestis	convidaron
	pluperfect	convidare, convidara	convidares, convidaras	convidare, convidara	convidáremos, convidáramos	convidareis, convidarais	convidaren, convidaran
	future	convidaré	convidarás	convidará	convidaremos	convidaréis	convidarán
	conditional	convidaría	convidaríes	convidaría	convidaríemos, convidaríamos	convidaríeis, convidaríais	convidaríen
subjunctive	present	convide	convides, convidas	convide	convidemos	convidéis	conviden, convidan
	imperfect	convidare, convidara	convidares, convidaras	convidare, convidara	convidáremos, convidáramos	convidareis, convidarais	convidaren, convidaran
imperative		—	convida	—	—	convidái	—

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Catalan

Alternative forms

• covidar (obsolete)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *convitāre, present active infinitive of *convitō, from Latin invītō (“I invite”). Compare Occitan convidar, French convier and Portuguese convidar

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /kom.viˈda/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kum.biˈda/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kom.viˈdaɾ/
• Homophone: convidà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

convidar (first-person singular present convido, past participle convidat)

1. (transitive) to invite

   Synonym: invitar

Conjugation

Conjugation of convidar (first conjugation)

infinitive			convidar
present participle			convidant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		convidat		convidada
		plural		convidats		convidades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	convido	convides	convida	convidem	convideu	conviden
	imperfect	convidava	convidaves	convidava	convidàvem	convidàveu	convidaven
	future	convidaré	convidaràs	convidarà	convidarem	convidareu	convidaran
	preterite	convidí	convidares	convidà	convidàrem	convidàreu	convidaren
	conditional	convidaria	convidaries	convidaria	convidaríem	convidaríeu	convidarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	convidi	convidis	convidi	convidem	convideu	convidin
	imperfect	convidés	convidessis	convidés	convidéssim	convidéssiu	convidessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	convida	convidi	convidem	convideu	convidin

Derived terms

• convidador
• convidat
• convit

 

Further reading

• “convidar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “convidar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “convidar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
• “convidar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese convidar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *convitāre, present active infinitive of *convitō, from Latin invītō (“I invite”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kombiˈðaɾ/

Verb

convidar (first-person singular present convido, first-person singular preterite convidei, past participle convidado)

1. (transitive) to invite
   • 1418, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 95:

     Iten ordena mais o dito conçello, que qualquer que feser voda ou batisterio o entrada de casa ou diser misa nova ou Avangeo que non de aves nihũas de comer a nihũa persona que asi convidar para cada hũa destas honrras

     Item, this City Council orders that, whosoever makes a wedding, or a baptism, or a new house, or first mass, or Gospel, doesn't give birds for eating to anyone who they would invite to any of this celebrations

Conjugation

Conjugation of convidar

	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
Infinitive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vos	eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal	convidar
personal	convidar	convidares	convidar	convidarmos	convidardes	convidaren
Gerund
	convidando
Past participle	singular			plural
masculine	convidado			convidados
feminine	convidada			convidadas
Indicative	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vos	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	convido	convidas	convida	convidamos	convidades	convidan
imperfect	convidaba	convidabas	convidaba	convidabamos	convidabades	convidaban
preterite	convidei	convidaches	convidou	convidamos	convidastes	convidaron
pluperfect	convidara	convidaras	convidara	convidaramos	convidarades	convidaran
future	convidarei	convidarás	convidará	convidaremos	convidaredes	convidarán
conditional	convidaría	convidarías	convidaría	convidariamos	convidariades	convidarían
Subjunctive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vos	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	convide	convides	convide	convidemos	convidedes	conviden
preterite	convidase	convidases	convidase	convidásemos	convidásedes	convidasen
future	convidar	convidares	convidar	convidarmos	convidardes	convidaren
Imperative	–	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vos	eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative	–	convida	convide	convidemos	convidade	conviden
negative	–	convides	convide	convidemos	convidedes	conviden

Related terms

• convite

References

• “convidar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2012.
• “convidar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval.
• “convidar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “convidar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “convidar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan convidar, from Vulgar Latin *convitāre, present active infinitive of *convitō, from Latin invītō (“I invite”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

convidar

1. to invite

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Standard Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		convidar			aver convidat
gerund		convidant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		convidat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	convidi	convidas	convida	convidam	convidatz	convidan
	imperfect	convidavi	convidavas	convidava	convidàvem	convidàvetz	convidavan
	preterite	convidèri	convidères	convidèt	convidèrem	convidèretz	convidèron
	future	convidarai	convidaràs	convidarà	convidarem	convidaretz	convidaràn
	conditional	convidariái	convidariás	convidariá	convidariam	convidariatz	convidarián
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	convide	convides	convide	convidem	convidetz	conviden
	imperfect	convidèssi	convidèsses	convidèsse	convidèssem	convidèssetz	convidèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			convida		convidem	convidatz

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		convidar			aver convidat
gerund		convidant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		convidat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	convide	convides	convida	convidam	convidatz	convidon
	imperfect	convidave	convidaves	convidava	convidaviam	convidaviatz	convidavon
	preterite	convidere	convideres	convidet	convidem	convidetz	convideron
	future	convidarai	convidaràs	convidará	convidarem	convidaretz	convidarán
	conditional	convidariá	convidariás	convidariá	convidariam	convidariatz	convidarián
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	convide	convides	convide	convidassiam	convidassiatz	convidon
	imperfect	convidesse	convidesses	convidesse	convidessiam	convidessiatz	convidesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			convida		convidassiam	convidatz

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		convidar			aver convidat
gerund		convidant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		convidat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	convidi	convidas	convida	convidam	convidatz	convidan
	imperfect	convidavi	convidavas	convidava	convidàvam	convidàvatz	convidavan
	preterite	convidèi	convidès	convidè	convidèm	convidètz	convidèn
	future	convidarèi	convidaràs	convidarà	convidaram	convidaratz	convidaràn
	conditional	convidarí	convidarés	convidaré	convidarem	convidaretz	convidarén
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	convidi	convides	convide	convidem	convidetz	conviden
	imperfect	convidèssi	convidèsses	convidèsse	convidèssem	convidèssetz	convidèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			convida		convidem	convidatz

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		convidar			aver convidat
gerund		convidant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		convidat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	convide	convidas	convida	convidam	convidatz	convidan
	imperfect	convidava	convidavas	convidava	convidàvam	convidàvatz	convidavan
	preterite	convidei	convideras	convidet	convidèram	convidèratz	convideran
	future	convidarai	convidaràs	convidará	convidarem	convidaretz	convidarán
	conditional	convidariá	convidariàs	convidariá	convidariam	convidariatz	convidarián
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	convide	convides	convide	convidem	convidetz	conviden
	imperfect	convidèsse	convidèsses	convidèsse	convidèssem	convidèssetz	convidèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			convida		convidem	convidatz

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		convidar			aver convidat
gerund		convidant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		convidat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	convide	convides	convida	convidam	convidatz	convidan
	imperfect	convidavi	convidavas	convidava	convidàvem	convidàvetz	convidavan
	preterite	convidère	convidères	convidèt	convideriam	convideriatz	convidèron
	future	convidarai	convidaràs	convidarà	convidarem	convidaretz	convidaràn
	conditional	convidariáu	convidariás	convidariá	convidariam	convidariatz	convidarián
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	convide	convides	convide	convidem	convidetz	convidan
	imperfect	convidèsse	convidèsses	convidèsse	convidessiam	convidessiatz	convidèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			convida		convidem	convidatz

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese convidar, from Vulgar Latin *convītāre, present active infinitive of *convītō, from Latin invītō (“I invite”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /kõ.viˈda(ʁ)/, [kõ.viˈda(h)]

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /kõ.viˈda(ʁ)/, [kõ.viˈda(h)]
  • IPA^(key): (São Paulo) /kõ.viˈda(ɾ)/, [kõ.viˈda(ɾ)]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio de Janeiro) /kõ.viˈda(ʁ)/, [kõ.viˈda(χ)]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /kõ.viˈdaɾ/, [kõ.viˈðaɾ]

• Hyphenation: con‧vi‧dar

Verb

convidar (first-person singular present indicative convido, past participle convidado)

1. (transitive) to invite (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
2. first-person singular (eu) personal infinitive of convidar
3. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) personal infinitive of convidar
4. first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of convidar
5. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of convidar

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb convidar

Notes:[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. Verbs with this conjugation include: amar, cantar, gritar, marchar, mostrar, nadar, parar, participar, retirar, separar, viajar.
	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	convidar
Personal	convidar	convidares	convidar	convidarmos	convidardes	convidarem
Gerund
	convidando
Past participle
Masculine	convidado			convidados
Feminine	convidada			convidadas
Indicative
Present	convido	convidas	convida	convidamos	convidais	convidam
Imperfect	convidava	convidavas	convidava	convidávamos	convidáveis	convidavam
Preterite	convidei	convidaste	convidou	convidamos convidámos	convidastes	convidaram
Pluperfect	convidara	convidaras	convidara	convidáramos	convidáreis	convidaram
Future	convidarei	convidarás	convidará	convidaremos	convidareis	convidarão
Conditional
	convidaria	convidarias	convidaria	convidaríamos	convidaríeis	convidariam
Subjunctive
Present	convide	convides	convide	convidemos	convideis	convidem
Imperfect	convidasse	convidasses	convidasse	convidássemos	convidásseis	convidassem
Future	convidar	convidares	convidar	convidarmos	convidardes	convidarem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	convida	convide	convidemos	convidai	convidem
Negative (não)	-	convides	convide	convidemos	convideis	convidem

Derived terms

• convidado
• convite
• desconvidar

 

Further reading

• “convidar” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “convidar” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “convidar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “convidar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2022.
• “convidar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “convidar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *convitāre, present active infinitive of *convitō, from Latin invītō (“to invite”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kombiˈdaɾ/, [kõm.biˈð̞aɾ]

Verb

convidar (first-person singular present convido, first-person singular preterite convidé, past participle convidado)

1. (transitive) to invite

   Synonym: invitar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of convidar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			convidar
gerund			convidando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		convidado		convidada
		plural		convidados		convidadas
		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	convido	convidastú convidásvos	convida	convidamos	convidáis	convidan
	imperfect	convidaba	convidabas	convidaba	convidábamos	convidabais	convidaban
	preterite	convidé	convidaste	convidó	convidamos	convidasteis	convidaron
	future	convidaré	convidarás	convidará	convidaremos	convidaréis	convidarán
	conditional	convidaría	convidarías	convidaría	convidaríamos	convidaríais	convidarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	convide	convidestú convidésvos2	convide	convidemos	convidéis	conviden
	imperfect (ra)	convidara	convidaras	convidara	convidáramos	convidarais	convidaran
	imperfect (se)	convidase	convidases	convidase	convidásemos	convidaseis	convidasen
	future1	convidare	convidares	convidare	convidáremos	convidareis	convidaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		convidatú convidávos	convide	convidemos	convidad	conviden
	negative		no convides	no convide	no convidemos	no convidéis	no conviden

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of convidar

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 convidar
	dative	convidarme	convidarte	convidarle, convidarse	convidarnos	convidaros	convidarles, convidarse
	accusative	convidarme	convidarte	convidarlo, convidarla, convidarse	convidarnos	convidaros	convidarlos, convidarlas, convidarse
with gerund convidando
	dative	convidándome	convidándote	convidándole, convidándose	convidándonos	convidándoos	convidándoles, convidándose
	accusative	convidándome	convidándote	convidándolo, convidándola, convidándose	convidándonos	convidándoos	convidándolos, convidándolas, convidándose
with informal second-person singular imperative convida
	dative	convídame	convídate	convídale	convídanos	not used	convídales
	accusative	convídame	convídate	convídalo, convídala	convídanos	not used	convídalos, convídalas
with formal second-person singular imperative convide
	dative	convídeme	not used	convídele, convídese	convídenos	not used	convídeles
	accusative	convídeme	not used	convídelo, convídela, convídese	convídenos	not used	convídelos, convídelas
with first-person plural imperative convidemos
	dative	not used	convidémoste	convidémosle	convidémonos	convidémoos	convidémosles
	accusative	not used	convidémoste	convidémoslo, convidémosla	convidémonos	convidémoos	convidémoslos, convidémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative convidad
	dative	convidadme	not used	convidadle	convidadnos	convidaos	convidadles
	accusative	convidadme	not used	convidadlo, convidadla	convidadnos	convidaos	convidadlos, convidadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative conviden
	dative	convídenme	not used	convídenle	convídennos	not used	convídenles, convídense
	accusative	convídenme	not used	convídenlo, convídenla	convídennos	not used	convídenlos, convídenlas, convídense

Further reading

• “convidar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014