invitar
Asturian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin invītāre, present active infinitive of invītō. Compare convidar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /imbiˈtaɾ/, [ĩm.biˈt̪aɾ]
Verb
invitar (first-person singular indicative present invito, past participle invitáu)
- to invite
- Synonym: convidar
Conjugation
Conjugation of invitar
| infinitive | invitar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | invitando | ||||||
| past participle | m invitáu, f invitada, n invitao, m pl invitaos, f pl invitaes | ||||||
| person | first singular yo | second singular tu | third singular él/elli | first plural nosotros/nós | second plural vosotros/vós | third plural ellos | |
| indicative | present | invito | invites | invita | invitamos | invitáis | inviten |
| imperfect | invitaba | invitabes | invitaba | invitábemos, invitábamos | invitabeis, invitabais | invitaben | |
| preterite | invité | invitasti, invitesti | invitó | invitemos | invitastis, invitestis | invitaron | |
| pluperfect | invitare, invitara | invitares, invitaras | invitare, invitara | invitáremos, invitáramos | invitareis, invitarais | invitaren, invitaran | |
| future | invitaré | invitarás | invitará | invitaremos | invitaréis | invitarán | |
| conditional | invitaría | invitaríes | invitaría | invitaríemos, invitaríamos | invitaríeis, invitaríais | invitaríen | |
| subjunctive | present | invite | invites, invitas | invite | invitemos | invitéis | inviten, invitan |
| imperfect | invitare, invitara | invitares, invitaras | invitare, invitara | invitáremos, invitáramos | invitareis, invitarais | invitaren, invitaran | |
| imperative | — | invita | — | — | invitái | — | |
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin invītāre, present active infinitive of invītō. Compare convidar.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /im.viˈta/
- (Central) IPA(key): /im.biˈta/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /im.viˈtaɾ/
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
invitar (first-person singular present invito, past participle invitat)
- to invite
- Synonym: convidar
Conjugation
Conjugation of invitar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | invitar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | invitant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | invitat | invitada | |||||
| plural | invitats | invitades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | invito | invites | invita | invitem | inviteu | inviten | |
| imperfect | invitava | invitaves | invitava | invitàvem | invitàveu | invitaven | |
| future | invitaré | invitaràs | invitarà | invitarem | invitareu | invitaran | |
| preterite | invití | invitares | invità | invitàrem | invitàreu | invitaren | |
| conditional | invitaria | invitaries | invitaria | invitaríem | invitaríeu | invitarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | inviti | invitis | inviti | invitem | inviteu | invitin | |
| imperfect | invités | invitessis | invités | invitéssim | invitéssiu | invitessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | invita | inviti | invitem | inviteu | invitin | ||
Related terms
- invitació
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperanto inviti, English invite, French inviter, Italian invitare, Spanish invitar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inviˈtar/
Verb
invitar (present tense invitas, past tense invitis, future tense invitos, imperative invitez, conditional invitus)
- (transitive) to invite
- Antonym: desinvitar
Conjugation
Conjugation of invitar
 | present | past | future | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | invitar | invitir | invitor | ||||
| tense | invitas | invitis | invitos | ||||
| conditional | invitus | ||||||
| imperative | invitez | ||||||
| adjective active participle | invitanta | invitinta | invitonta | ||||
| adverbial active participle | invitante | invitinte | invitonte | ||||
| nominal active participle | singular | invitanto | invitinto | invitonto | |||
| plural | invitanti | invitinti | invitonti | ||||
| adjective passive participle | invitata | invitita | invitota | ||||
| adverbial passive participle | invitate | invitite | invitote | ||||
| nominal passive participle | singular | invitato | invitito | invitoto | |||
| plural | invitati | invititi | invitoti | ||||
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin invītāre, present active infinitive of invītō. Compare the doublet envidar, from the same source, and also convidar, from a variant form. Cognate with English invite.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /imbiˈtaɾ/ [ĩm.biˈt̪aɾ]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: in‧vi‧tar
Verb
invitar (first-person singular present invito, first-person singular preterite invité, past participle invitado)
- to invite
- Synonym: convidar
- to be on, to assume or take responsibility for paying
- A esta ronda invito yo.
- This round's on me.
Conjugation
Conjugation of invitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | invitar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | invitando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | invitado | invitada | |||||
| plural | invitados | invitadas | |||||
| 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 | invito | invitastú invitásvos | invita | invitamos | invitáis | invitan | |
| imperfect | invitaba | invitabas | invitaba | invitábamos | invitabais | invitaban | |
| preterite | invité | invitaste | invitó | invitamos | invitasteis | invitaron | |
| future | invitaré | invitarás | invitará | invitaremos | invitaréis | invitarán | |
| conditional | invitaría | invitarías | invitaría | invitaríamos | invitaríais | invitarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | invite | invitestú invitésvos2 | invite | invitemos | invitéis | inviten | |
| imperfect (ra) | invitara | invitaras | invitara | invitáramos | invitarais | invitaran | |
| imperfect (se) | invitase | invitases | invitase | invitásemos | invitaseis | invitasen | |
| future1 | invitare | invitares | invitare | invitáremos | invitareis | invitaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | invitatú invitávos | invite | invitemos | invitad | inviten | ||
| negative | no invites | no invite | no invitemos | no invitéis | no inviten | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of invitar
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 invitar | |||||||
| dative | invitarme | invitarte | invitarle, invitarse | invitarnos | invitaros | invitarles, invitarse | |
| accusative | invitarme | invitarte | invitarlo, invitarla, invitarse | invitarnos | invitaros | invitarlos, invitarlas, invitarse | |
| with gerund invitando | |||||||
| dative | invitándome | invitándote | invitándole, invitándose | invitándonos | invitándoos | invitándoles, invitándose | |
| accusative | invitándome | invitándote | invitándolo, invitándola, invitándose | invitándonos | invitándoos | invitándolos, invitándolas, invitándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative invita | |||||||
| dative | invítame | invítate | invítale | invítanos | not used | invítales | |
| accusative | invítame | invítate | invítalo, invítala | invítanos | not used | invítalos, invítalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative invitá | |||||||
| dative | invitame | invitate | invitale | invitanos | not used | invitales | |
| accusative | invitame | invitate | invitalo, invitala | invitanos | not used | invitalos, invitalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative invite | |||||||
| dative | invíteme | not used | invítele, invítese | invítenos | not used | invíteles | |
| accusative | invíteme | not used | invítelo, invítela, invítese | invítenos | not used | invítelos, invítelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative invitemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | invitémoste | invitémosle | invitémonos | invitémoos | invitémosles | |
| accusative | not used | invitémoste | invitémoslo, invitémosla | invitémonos | invitémoos | invitémoslos, invitémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative invitad | |||||||
| dative | invitadme | not used | invitadle | invitadnos | invitaos | invitadles | |
| accusative | invitadme | not used | invitadlo, invitadla | invitadnos | invitaos | invitadlos, invitadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative inviten | |||||||
| dative | invítenme | not used | invítenle | invítennos | not used | invítenles, invítense | |
| accusative | invítenme | not used | invítenlo, invítenla | invítennos | not used | invítenlos, invítenlas, invítense | |
Derived terms
- invita la casa
Related terms
- invitación
- invitado
Descendants
- → Tagalog: imbita
Further reading
- “invitar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014