invertir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin invertere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [im.bərˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [iɱ.vərˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [iɱ.veɾˈtiɾ]

Verb

invertir (first-person singular present inverteixo, first-person singular preterite invertí, past participle invertit)

1. (transitive) to invert
2. (transitive) to invest (to spend money, time, or energy on something)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of invertir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			invertir
gerund			invertint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		invertit		invertida
		plural		invertits		invertides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	inverteixo	inverteixes	inverteix	invertim	invertiu	inverteixen
	imperfect	invertia	inverties	invertia	invertíem	invertíeu	invertien
	future	invertiré	invertiràs	invertirà	invertirem	invertireu	invertiran
	preterite	invertí	invertires	invertí	invertírem	invertíreu	invertiren
	conditional	invertiria	invertiries	invertiria	invertiríem	invertiríeu	invertirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	inverteixi	inverteixis	inverteixi	invertim	invertiu	inverteixin
	imperfect	invertís	invertissis	invertís	invertíssim	invertíssiu	invertissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	inverteix	inverteixi	invertim	invertiu	inverteixin
	negative (no)	—	no inverteixis	no inverteixi	no invertim	no invertiu	no inverteixin

Related terms

• invers
• inversió
• inversor

Further reading

• “invertir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “invertir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin invertere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.tiʁ/

• Audio:

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Verb

invertir

1. (transitive) to invert

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 invertir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	invertir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	invertissant /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		inverti /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	invertis /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti/	invertis /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti/	invertit /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti/	invertissons /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sɔ̃/	invertissez /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti.se/	invertissent /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.tis/
	imperfect	invertissais /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sɛ/	invertissais /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sɛ/	invertissait /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sɛ/	invertissions /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/	invertissiez /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sje/	invertissaient /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sɛ/
	past historic2	invertis /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti/	invertis /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti/	invertit /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti/	invertîmes /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.tim/	invertîtes /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.tit/	invertirent /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.tiʁ/
	future	invertirai /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁe/	invertiras /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁa/	invertira /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁa/	invertirons /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɔ̃/	invertirez /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁe/	invertiront /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	invertirais /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɛ/	invertirais /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɛ/	invertirait /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɛ/	invertirions /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁjɔ̃/	invertiriez /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁje/	invertiraient /ɛ̃.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	invertisse /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.tis/	invertisses /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.tis/	invertisse /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.tis/	invertissions /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/	invertissiez /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sje/	invertissent /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.tis/
	imperfect2	invertisse /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.tis/	invertisses /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.tis/	invertît /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti/	invertissions /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/	invertissiez /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sje/	invertissent /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.tis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	invertis /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti/	—	invertissons /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sɔ̃/	invertissez /ɛ̃.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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• inversion

Further reading

• “invertir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin invertere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imbeɾˈtiɾ/ [ĩm.beɾˈt̪iɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: in‧ver‧tir

Verb

invertir (first-person singular present invierto, first-person singular preterite invertí, past participle invertido)

1. (transitive) to invest (to spend money, time, or energy on something)
2. (transitive) to invert

Conjugation

    Conjugation of invertir (e-ie-i alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			invertir
gerund			invirtiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		invertido		invertida
		plural		invertidos		invertidas
		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	invierto	inviertestú invertísvos	invierte	invertimos	invertís	invierten
	imperfect	invertía	invertías	invertía	invertíamos	invertíais	invertían
	preterite	invertí	invertiste	invirtió	invertimos	invertisteis	invirtieron
	future	invertiré	invertirás	invertirá	invertiremos	invertiréis	invertirán
	conditional	invertiría	invertirías	invertiría	invertiríamos	invertiríais	invertirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	invierta	inviertastú invirtásvos2	invierta	invirtamos	invirtáis	inviertan
	imperfect (ra)	invirtiera	invirtieras	invirtiera	invirtiéramos	invirtierais	invirtieran
	imperfect (se)	invirtiese	invirtieses	invirtiese	invirtiésemos	invirtieseis	invirtiesen
	future1	invirtiere	invirtieres	invirtiere	invirtiéremos	invirtiereis	invirtieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		inviertetú invertívos	invierta	invirtamos	invertid	inviertan
	negative		no inviertas	no invierta	no invirtamos	no invirtáis	no inviertan

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

    Selected combined forms of invertir (e-ie-i alternation)

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 invertir
	dative	invertirme	invertirte	invertirle, invertirse	invertirnos	invertiros	invertirles, invertirse
	accusative	invertirme	invertirte	invertirlo, invertirla, invertirse	invertirnos	invertiros	invertirlos, invertirlas, invertirse
with gerund invirtiendo
	dative	invirtiéndome	invirtiéndote	invirtiéndole, invirtiéndose	invirtiéndonos	invirtiéndoos	invirtiéndoles, invirtiéndose
	accusative	invirtiéndome	invirtiéndote	invirtiéndolo, invirtiéndola, invirtiéndose	invirtiéndonos	invirtiéndoos	invirtiéndolos, invirtiéndolas, invirtiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative invierte
	dative	inviérteme	inviértete	inviértele	inviértenos	not used	inviérteles
	accusative	inviérteme	inviértete	inviértelo, inviértela	inviértenos	not used	inviértelos, inviértelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative invertí
	dative	invertime	invertite	invertile	invertinos	not used	invertiles
	accusative	invertime	invertite	invertilo, invertila	invertinos	not used	invertilos, invertilas
with formal second-person singular imperative invierta
	dative	inviértame	not used	inviértale, inviértase	inviértanos	not used	inviértales
	accusative	inviértame	not used	inviértalo, inviértala, inviértase	inviértanos	not used	inviértalos, inviértalas
with first-person plural imperative invirtamos
	dative	not used	invirtámoste	invirtámosle	invirtámonos	invirtámoos	invirtámosles
	accusative	not used	invirtámoste	invirtámoslo, invirtámosla	invirtámonos	invirtámoos	invirtámoslos, invirtámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative invertid
	dative	invertidme	not used	invertidle	invertidnos	invertíos	invertidles
	accusative	invertidme	not used	invertidlo, invertidla	invertidnos	invertíos	invertidlos, invertidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative inviertan
	dative	inviértanme	not used	inviértanle	inviértannos	not used	inviértanles, inviértanse
	accusative	inviértanme	not used	inviértanlo, inviértanla	inviértannos	not used	inviértanlos, inviértanlas, inviértanse

Related terms

• inversión
• inverso
• inversor
• verter

 

Further reading

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