investire

See also: investiré

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin investīre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /in.veˈsti.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: in‧ve‧stì‧re

Verb

investìre (first-person singular present invèsto, first-person singular past historic investìi, past participle investìto, auxiliary avére or (intransitive in the nautical meaning) èssere)

  1. (transitive, finance) to invest (to spend money, time, or energy on something and work)
    Synonym: impiegare
    investire denaro ― to invest money
  2. (transitive) to invest (to formally give power or authority to someone)
    Synonyms: insediare, insignire
  3. (transitive) to crash (into), run over (in a car, etc.)
    Synonyms: colpire, travolgere, urtare
    investire un pedone ― to run over a pedestrian
    Un automobile l'ha investito. ― He got run over by a car.
  4. (transitive) to assail
    Synonym: assalire
  5. (intransitive, nautical) to collide violently (with an obstacle) [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation
    Conjugation of investìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive investìre
auxiliary verb avére, èssere1 gerund investèndo
present participle investènte past participle investìto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present invèsto invèsti invèste investiàmo investìte invèstono
imperfect investìvo investìvi investìva investivàmo investivàte investìvano
past historic investìi investìsti investì investìmmo investìste investìrono
future investirò investirài investirà investirémo investiréte investirànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present investirèi investirésti investirèbbe, investirébbe investirémmo investiréste investirèbbero, investirébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present invèsta invèsta invèsta investiàmo investiàte invèstano
imperfect investìssi investìssi investìsse investìssimo investìste investìssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
invèsti invèsta investiàmo investìte invèstano
negative imperative non investìre non invèsta non investiàmo non investìte non invèstano

1Intransitive in the nautical meaning.

Descendants
  • → Spanish: embestir

Further reading
  • investire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

investīre

  1. inflection of investiō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Romanian

Etymology

From investi +‎ -re.

Noun

investire f (plural investiri)

  1. investment

Declension
Declension of investire
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) investire investirea (niște) investiri investirile
genitive/dative (unei) investiri investirii (unor) investiri investirilor
vocative investire, investireo investirilor
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