invertir
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin invertere, invertō.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /im.vəɾˈti/
- (Central) IPA(key): /im.bərˈti/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /im.veɾˈtiɾ/
Verb
invertir (first-person singular present inverteixo, past participle invertit)
- (transitive) to invert
- (transitive) to invest (to spend money, time, or energy on something)
Conjugation
Conjugation of invertir (third conjugation with -eix- infix)
| infinitive | invertir | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | 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 | |
| — | inverteix | inverteixi | invertim | invertiu | 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
From Latin invertere, present active infinitive of invertō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.tiʁ/
Audio (file)
Verb
invertir
- (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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(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
From Latin invertere, present active infinitive of invertō.
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)
- (transitive) to invest (to spend money, time, or energy on something)
- (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