invade

English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin invādō (“enter, invade”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɪnˈveɪd/
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Homophone: inveighed
Rhymes: -eɪd

Verb edit

invade (third-person singular simple present invades, present participle invading, simple past and past participle invaded)

(transitive) To move into.
Under some circumstances police are allowed to invade a person's privacy.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 37:
  Which becomes a body, and doth then invade / The state of life, out of the griesly shade.
(transitive) To enter by force in order to conquer.
Argentinian troops invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982.
- 2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:
  When a typical gaffe has him invading the Beagle and trying to rob Charles Darwin (David Tennant), he learns that his beloved “parrot” Polly is actually a dodo bird.
- 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 75:
  And this year, some of the granite facades have a new addition - the blue and yellow of the flag of Ukraine. It's hardly surprising to see the Scots, a nation more attuned to independence than some, showing solidarity with a country brutally invaded by Russia.
(transitive) To infest or overrun.
The picnic was invaded by ants.
To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate.
The king invaded the rights of the people.
To make an unwelcome or uninvited visit or appearance, usually with an intent to cause trouble or some other unpleasant situation.

Antonyms edit

(move into): evade

Related terms edit

See also: in-#Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weh₂dʰ-‎ (0 c, 12 e)

Translations edit

to move into

Belarusian: урыва́цца impf (uryvácca), уварва́цца pf (uvarvácca)
Bulgarian: нахлу́вам (bg) impf (nahlúvam), нахлу́я pf (nahlúja)
Catalan: envair (ca)
Danish: invadere, krænke
Finnish: tunkeutua (fi)
French: envahir (fr)
Galician: invadir
German: eindringen (de), verletzen (de)
Hungarian: betör (hu), behatol (hu), betolakodik (hu), benyomul (hu)
Latin: invādō, introeō
Lithuanian: įsibrauti
Maori: maoho
Portuguese: invadir (pt)
Russian: вторга́ться (ru) impf (vtorgátʹsja), вто́ргнуться (ru) impf (vtórgnutʹsja)
Spanish: invadir (es)
Swedish: invadera (sv)
Ukrainian: вдира́тися (uk) impf (vdyrátysja), вде́ртися pf (vdértysja)

to enter by force in order to conquer

Albanian: pushtoj (sq), zaptoj (sq)
Arabic: غَزَا‎ (ḡazā)
Armenian: ներխուժել (hy) (nerxužel)
Azerbaijani: işğal etmək (az), zəbt etmək (az)
Basque: inbaditu
Belarusian: урыва́цца impf (uryvácca), уварва́цца pf (uvarvácca), напада́ць impf (napadácʹ), напа́сці impf (napásci)
Bulgarian: нахлу́вам (bg) impf (nahlúvam), нахлу́я pf (nahlúja), завладя́вам (bg) impf (zavladjávam), завладе́я pf (zavladéja), напа́дам (bg) impf (napádam), напа́дна pf (napádna)
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: envair (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 入侵 (zh) (rùqīn), 侵入 (zh) (qīnrù), 侵略 (zh) (qīnlüè), 侵犯 (zh) (qīnfàn), 侵占 (zh) (qīnzhàn)
Czech: vtrhnout (cs) pf, napadat (cs) impf, napadnout (cs) pf
Danish: invadere, overfalde
Dutch: binnenvallen (nl), aanvallen (nl)
Esperanto: invadi
Estonian: sisse tungima
Finnish: hyökätä (fi)
French: envahir (fr)
Galician: invadir
Georgian: ჩარევა (čareva), შესევა (šeseva), შემოსევა (šemoseva)
German: überfallen (de), einmarschieren (de), einfallen (de)
Greek: εισβάλλω (el) (eisvállo)
Ancient: εἰσβάλλω (eisbállō)
Hebrew: פָּלַשׁ‎ (he) (palásh)
Hindi: आक्रमण करना (ākramaṇ karnā), हमला करना (hamlā karnā)
Hungarian: ráront (hu), rátör (hu), megrohan (hu), lerohan (hu), megszáll (hu), elfoglal (hu)
Icelandic: ráðast
Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
Italian: invadere (it)
Japanese: 侵略する (ja) (しんりゃくする, shinryaku suru), 侵害する (ja) (しんがいする, shingai suru), 襲う (ja) (おそう, osou)
Kazakh: басып кіру (basyp kıru), басып алу (basyp alu)
Khmer: លុក (km) (luk), រុករាន (km) (ruk riən)
Korean: 침입하다 (chimiphada), 침략하다 (ko) (chimnyakhada)
Kyrgyz: басып алуу (ky) (basıp aluu)
Ladino: envaír
Lao: ບຸກລຸກ (buk luk)
Latin: incursō
Latvian: iebrukt
Lithuanian: įpulti
Macedonian: напаѓа impf (napaǵa), нападне pf (napadne)
Maltese: please add this translation if you can
Maori: whakaekeeke
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: халдах (mn) (xaldax), довтлох (mn) (dovtlox)
Norman: envahi (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: invadere, overfalle
Old English: swogan, geondswogan
Persian: تجاوز کردن‎ (fa) (tajâvoz kardan), حمله کردن‎ (fa) (hamle kardan)
Polish: napadać (pl) impf, napaść (pl) pf, najeżdżać (pl) impf, najechać (pl) pf, zajmować (pl) impf, zająć (pl) pf
Portuguese: invadir (pt)
Romanian: a invada (ro)
Russian: вторга́ться (ru) impf (vtorgátʹsja), вто́ргнуться (ru) impf (vtórgnutʹsja); оккупи́ровать (ru) impf or pf (okkupírovatʹ), напада́ть (ru) impf (napadátʹ), напа́сть (ru) pf (napástʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: у̀падати impf, у̀пасти pf, на̀падати impf, на̀пасти pf

Roman: ùpadati (sh) impf, ùpasti (sh) pf, nàpadati (sh) impf, nàpasti (sh) pf
Slovak: vtrhnúť pf, napadnúť pf
Slovene: napadati impf, napasti pf
Spanish: invadir (es)
Swedish: invadera (sv), överfalla (sv)
Tajik: таҷовуз кардан (tajovuz kardan), забт кардан (tg) (zabt kardan), ҳуҷум кардан (hujum kardan), ҳамла кардан (hamla kardan)
Thai: บุกรุก (bùk-rúk)
Tibetan: བཙན་འཛུལ་བྱས (btsan 'dzul byas)
Turkish: istila etmek (tr)
Ukrainian: вдира́тися (uk) impf (vdyrátysja), вде́ртися pf (vdértysja), окупува́ти impf or pf (okupuváty), захо́плювати impf (zaxópljuvaty), захопи́ти (uk) pf (zaxopýty), напада́ти impf (napadáty), напа́сти pf (napásty)
Urdu: حَمْلَہ کَرْنا‎ (hamlā karnā)
Uyghur: تاجاۋۇز قىلماق‎ (tajawuz qilmaq)
Uzbek: bostirib kirmoq, bosib olmoq, tajovuz qilmoq, tajovuz etmoq
Vietnamese: xâm lược (vi), xâm chiếm (vi), xâm lăng (vi)
Welsh: goresgyn (cy)

to infest or overrun

Bulgarian: поразя́вам (bg) impf (porazjávam), поразя́ pf (porazjá)
Danish: invadere, oversvømme
Finnish: hyökätä (fi)
Galician: invadir, infestar
Hungarian: elözönöl (hu), eláraszt (hu), ellep (hu), beözönlik (hu)
Maori: kōwaowao (of weeds), poki, popoki
Portuguese: invadir (pt), infestar (pt)
Russian: поража́ть (ru) impf (poražátʹ), порази́ть (ru) pf (porazítʹ)
Spanish: invadir (es)

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