# convertir
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin convertere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [kum.bərˈti]
* IPA: (Balearic) [koɱ.vərˈti]
* IPA: (Valencia) [koɱ.veɾˈtiɾ]

### Verb

convertir (first-person singular present converteixo, first-person singular preterite convertí, past participle convertit)
* to convert
* (reflexive) to become

#### Related terms

* conversió
* convertible

### Further reading

* “convertir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “convertir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “convertir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “convertir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Etymology

From Old French convertir, from Latin convertō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tiʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

convertir
* to convert (change one thing into another)
* to convert (exchange one thing into another)
* to convert (to change someone's beliefs)
* to convert; to bring around (to change someone's mind or opinion)
* (reflexive) to become; to change into
* (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-.

#### Related terms

* conversion
* convertisseur

### Further reading

* “convertir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Old French
### Etymology

From Latin convertō.

### Verb

convertir
* to convert (change from one state to another)

#### Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group or second-group verb (ending in -ir, without or with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

#### Descendants

* → English: convert
* French: convertir

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* convertirse (reflexive)

### Etymology

From Latin convertō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kombeɾˈtiɾ/ [kõm.beɾˈt̪iɾ]
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: con‧ver‧tir

### Verb

convertir (first-person singular present convierto, first-person singular preterite convertí, past participle convertido)
* (transitive) to convert
* (transitive) to turn
* (transitive) to transform
* (reflexive) + en to become, get, turn, transform

#### Usage notes

* convertirse en can proceed noun phrases but not adjectives. Compare hacerse, volverse, quedarse and ponerse.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* conversión
* convertible
* verter

### Further reading

* “convertir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10