investir

French

Etymology

From Latin investīre, present active infinitive of investiō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.vɛs.tiʁ/
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Verb

investir

  1. to invest

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 investir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive investir avoir investi
gerund en investissant en ayant investi
present participle investissant
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.sɑ̃/
past participle investi
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti/
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
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 historic1 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 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 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/
imperfect1 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 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 –
— investis
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti/		 — investissons
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.sɔ̃/		 investissez
/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.se/		 —
1literary tenses

Further reading

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin investiō (“I invest”).

Pronunciation

  • (Paulista) IPA(key): /ˌĩ.ves.ˈti(ɹ)/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌĩ.ves.ˈti(ɻ)/
  • Homophone: investi (Brazil)

Verb

investir (first-person singular present indicative invisto, past participle investido)

  1. to invest (commit money or effort)
  2. to charge (move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat)
  3. to invest (ceremonially install someone in some office)

Conjugation

Synonyms

Spanish

Verb

investir (first-person singular present invisto, first-person singular preterite investí, past participle investido)

  1. to invest (to commit money or effort)
    • 2015 September 14, “Baños acusa a Iglesias de querer dividir a los catalanes por su origen”, in El País‎:
      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.
  2. to invest (to ceremonially install someone in some office)

Conjugation

  • Rule: e weakens to i in certain conjugations.
    Conjugation of investir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
infinitive investir
gerund invistiendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular investido investida
plural investidos investidas
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 invisto invistestú
investísvos		 inviste investimos investís invisten
imperfect investía investías investía investíamos investíais investían
preterite investí investiste invistió investimos investisteis invistieron
future investiré investirás investirá investiremos investiréis investirán
conditional investiría investirías investiría investiríamos investiríais investirían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present invista invistas invista invistamos invistáis invistan
imperfect
(ra)		 invistiera invistieras invistiera invistiéramos invistierais invistieran
imperfect
(se)		 invistiese invistieses invistiese invistiésemos invistieseis invistiesen
future1 invistiere invistieres invistiere invistiéremos invistiereis invistieren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative invistetú
investívos		 invista invistamos investid invistan
negative no invistas no invista no invistamos no invistáis no invistan
  • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

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        Selected combined forms of investiredit 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 investir
    dative investirme investirte investirle, investirse investirnos investiros investirles, investirse
    accusative investirme investirte investirlo, investirla, investirse investirnos investiros investirlos, investirlas, investirse
    with gerund invistiendo
    dative invistiéndome invistiéndote invistiéndole, invistiéndose invistiéndonos invistiéndoos invistiéndoles, invistiéndose
    accusative invistiéndome invistiéndote invistiéndolo, invistiéndola, invistiéndose invistiéndonos invistiéndoos invistiéndolos, invistiéndolas, invistiéndose
    with informal second-person singular imperative inviste
    dative invísteme invístete invístele invístenos not used invísteles
    accusative invísteme invístete invístelo, invístela invístenos not used invístelos, invístelas
    with formal second-person singular imperative invista
    dative invístame not used invístale, invístase invístanos not used invístales
    accusative invístame not used invístalo, invístala, invístase invístanos not used invístalos, invístalas
    with first-person plural imperative invistamos
    dative not used invistámoste invistámosle invistámonos invistámoos invistámosles
    accusative not used invistámoste invistámoslo, invistámosla invistámonos invistámoos invistámoslos, invistámoslas
    with informal second-person plural imperative investid
    dative investidme not used investidle investidnos investíos investidles
    accusative investidme not used investidlo, investidla investidnos investíos investidlos, investidlas
    with formal second-person plural imperative invistan
    dative invístanme not used invístanle invístannos not used invístanles, invístanse
    accusative invístanme not used invístanlo, invístanla invístannos not used invístanlos, invístanlas, invístanse
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