investir
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin investīre. Doublet of envestir.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
investir (first-person singular present investeixo, first-person singular preterite investí, past participle investit)
- to invest (to ceremonially install someone in some office)
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “investir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “investir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “investir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “investir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin investīre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
investir
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 | investir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | investissant /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | investi /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | investis /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti/ |
investis /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti/ |
investit /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti/ |
investissons /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.sɔ̃/ |
investissez /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.se/ |
investissent /ɛ̃.vɛs.tis/ |
imperfect | investissais /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.sɛ/ |
investissais /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.sɛ/ |
investissait /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.sɛ/ |
investissions /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
investissiez /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.sje/ |
investissaient /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | investis /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti/ |
investis /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti/ |
investit /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti/ |
investîmes /ɛ̃.vɛs.tim/ |
investîtes /ɛ̃.vɛs.tit/ |
investirent /ɛ̃.vɛs.tiʁ/ | |
future | investirai /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.ʁe/ |
investiras /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.ʁa/ |
investira /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.ʁa/ |
investirons /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.ʁɔ̃/ |
investirez /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.ʁe/ |
investiront /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | investirais /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.ʁɛ/ |
investirais /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.ʁɛ/ |
investirait /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.ʁɛ/ |
investirions /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ |
investiriez /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.ʁje/ |
investiraient /ɛ̃.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 | investisse /ɛ̃.vɛs.tis/ |
investisses /ɛ̃.vɛs.tis/ |
investisse /ɛ̃.vɛs.tis/ |
investissions /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
investissiez /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.sje/ |
investissent /ɛ̃.vɛs.tis/ |
imperfect2 | investisse /ɛ̃.vɛs.tis/ |
investisses /ɛ̃.vɛs.tis/ |
investît /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti/ |
investissions /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
investissiez /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.sje/ |
investissent /ɛ̃.vɛs.tis/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | investis /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti/ |
— | investissons /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.sɔ̃/ |
investissez /ɛ̃.vɛs.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
- “investir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin investiō, investīre.
Verb edit
investir (first-person singular present invisto, third-person singular present inviste, first-person singular preterite investín, past participle investido)
investir (first-person singular present invisto, third-person singular present investe, first-person singular preterite investim or investi, past participle investido, reintegrationist norm)
Conjugation edit
1Less recommended.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “investir” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
- “investir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin investīre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
investir (first-person singular present invisto, third-person singular present investe, first-person singular preterite investi, past participle investido)
- to invest (commit money or effort)
- to charge (move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat)
- to invest (ceremonially install someone in some office)
Conjugation edit
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Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin investīre. Doublet of embestir.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
investir (first-person singular present invisto, first-person singular preterite investí, past participle investido)
- (transitive) to invest (to ceremonially install someone in some office)
- 2015 September 14, “Baños acusa a Iglesias de querer dividir a los catalanes por su origen”, in El País[1]:
- El diputado de la CUP David Fernández añadió que “no hay un sólo documento donde esté previsto investir a Mas. No le haremos el juego.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (considered incorrect) to invest (to commit money or effort)
- Synonym: invertir
Conjugation edit
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “investir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014