# investir
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin investīre. Doublet of envestir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [im.bəsˈti]
* IPA: (Balearic) [iɱ.vəsˈti]
* IPA: (Valencia) [iɱ.vesˈtiɾ]

### Verb

investir (first-person singular present investeixo, first-person singular preterite investí, past participle investit)
* to invest (to ceremonially install someone in some office)

#### Derived terms

* investiment

#### Related terms

* investidura
* vestir

### Further reading

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

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin investīre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛ̃.vɛs.tiʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

investir
* to invest
* to lay siege to, to besiege
* to install into office, to vest, to give formal authority to

#### 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

* investissement

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* vitrines

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin investiō, investīre.

### Verb

investir (first-person singular present invisto, third-person singular present inviste, first-person singular preterite investín, past participle investido) investir (first-person singular present invisto, third-person singular present investe, first-person singular preterite investim or investi, past participle investido, reintegrationist norm)
* to invest (commit money or effort)
* to invest (ceremonially install someone in some office)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* investido
* investidor
* investidura
* investimento
* vestir

### Further reading

* “investir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “investir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin investīre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.vesˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [ĩ.vesˈt͡ʃi(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.vesˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [ĩ.vesˈt͡ʃi(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ĩ.vesˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ĩ.veʃˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [ĩ.veʃˈt͡ʃi(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.vesˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.vɨʃˈtiɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.vɨʃˈtiɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.bɨʃˈtiɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.vɨʃˈti.ɾi/
* Homophone: investi (Brazil)

### Verb

investir (first-person singular present invisto, third-person singular present investe, first-person singular preterite investi, past participle investido)
* to invest (commit money or effort)
    Synonyms: empatar, embaraçar
* to charge (move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat)
    Synonyms: atacar, acometer, arremeter
* to invest (ceremonially install someone in some office)
    Synonyms: nomear, empossar

#### Related terms

* investida
* investido
* investidor
* investidura
* investimento
* vestir

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* envestir

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin investīre. Doublet of embestir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /imbesˈtiɾ/ [ĩm.besˈt̪iɾ]
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: in‧ves‧tir

### Verb

investir (first-person singular present invisto, first-person singular preterite investí, past participle investido)
* (transitive) to invest (to ceremonially install someone in some office)
** 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.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (considered incorrect) to invest (to commit money or effort)
    Synonym: invertir

#### 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.

#### Derived terms

* investidura

#### Related terms

* embestir

### Further reading

* “investir”, 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