convertir

Catalan

Etymology

Latin convertō.

Verb

convertir (first-person singular present converteixo, past participle convertit)

  1. to convert
  2. (reflexive) to become

Conjugation

French

Etymology

Latin convertō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tiʁ/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

convertir

  1. to convert (change one thing into another)
  2. to convert (exchange one thing into another)
  3. to convert (to change someone's beliefs)
  4. to convert; to bring around (to change someone's mind or opinion)
  5. (reflexive) To become; to change into
  6. (reflexive) to convert (+ à = to)
    Elle s'est convertie à l'islam - she converted to Islam

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 convertir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive convertir avoir converti
gerund en convertissant en ayant converti
present participle convertissant
/kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sɑ̃/
past participle converti
/kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti/
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
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 historic1 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 Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
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/
imperfect1 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 Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— convertis
/kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti/		 — convertissons
/kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sɔ̃/		 convertissez
/kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.se/		 —
1literary tenses

Further reading

Old French

Etymology

Latin convertō.

Verb

convertir

  1. to convert (change from one state to another)

Descendants

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Latin convertō.

Verb

convertir (first-person singular present convierto, first-person singular preterite convertí, past participle convertido)

  1. (transitive) to convert
  2. (transitive) to transform

Conjugation

  • Rule: e becomes a ie in stressed syllables and i in certain conjugations.
    Conjugation of convertir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
infinitive convertir
gerund convirtiendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular convertido convertida
plural convertidos convertidas
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 convierto conviertestú
convertísvos		 convierte convertimos convertís convierten
imperfect convertía convertías convertía convertíamos convertíais convertían
preterite convertí convertiste convirtió convertimos convertisteis convirtieron
future convertiré convertirás convertirá convertiremos convertiréis convertirán
conditional convertiría convertirías convertiría convertiríamos convertiríais convertirían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present convierta conviertas convierta convirtamos convirtáis conviertan
imperfect
(ra)		 convirtiera convirtieras convirtiera convirtiéramos convirtierais convirtieran
imperfect
(se)		 convirtiese convirtieses convirtiese convirtiésemos convirtieseis convirtiesen
future1 convirtiere convirtieres convirtiere convirtiéremos convirtiereis convirtieren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative conviertetú
convertívos		 convierta convirtamos convertid conviertan
negative no conviertas no convierta no convirtamos no convirtáis no conviertan
  • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

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        Selected combined forms of convertiredit data

    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 convertir
    dative convertirme convertirte convertirle, convertirse convertirnos convertiros convertirles, convertirse
    accusative convertirme convertirte convertirlo, convertirla, convertirse convertirnos convertiros convertirlos, convertirlas, convertirse
    with gerund convirtiendo
    dative convirtiéndome convirtiéndote convirtiéndole, convirtiéndose convirtiéndonos convirtiéndoos convirtiéndoles, convirtiéndose
    accusative convirtiéndome convirtiéndote convirtiéndolo, convirtiéndola, convirtiéndose convirtiéndonos convirtiéndoos convirtiéndolos, convirtiéndolas, convirtiéndose
    with informal second-person singular imperative convierte
    dative conviérteme conviértete conviértele conviértenos not used conviérteles
    accusative conviérteme conviértete conviértelo, conviértela conviértenos not used conviértelos, conviértelas
    with formal second-person singular imperative convierta
    dative conviértame not used conviértale, conviértase conviértanos not used conviértales
    accusative conviértame not used conviértalo, conviértala, conviértase conviértanos not used conviértalos, conviértalas
    with first-person plural imperative convirtamos
    dative not used convirtámoste convirtámosle convirtámonos convirtámoos convirtámosles
    accusative not used convirtámoste convirtámoslo, convirtámosla convirtámonos convirtámoos convirtámoslos, convirtámoslas
    with informal second-person plural imperative convertid
    dative convertidme not used convertidle convertidnos convertíos convertidles
    accusative convertidme not used convertidlo, convertidla convertidnos convertíos convertidlos, convertidlas
    with formal second-person plural imperative conviertan
    dative conviértanme not used conviértanle conviértannos not used conviértanles, conviértanse
    accusative conviértanme not used conviértanlo, conviértanla conviértannos not used conviértanlos, conviértanlas, conviértanse
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