# travestir
## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian travestire.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʁa.vɛs.tiʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

travestir
* (transitive) to disguise
* (reflexive) to dress up (especially in clothes of the opposite sex)
* (transitive, derogatory) to travesty (to make a travesty of), distort

#### 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-.

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

From French travestir.

### Verb

travestir (first-person singular present travisto, third-person singular present traviste, first-person singular preterite travestín, past participle travestido) travestir (first-person singular present travisto, third-person singular present traveste, first-person singular preterite travestim or travesti, past participle travestido, reintegrationist norm)
* to dress up in drag (as members of the opposite sex)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### Further reading

* “travestir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
* “travestir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From French travestir.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /tɾa.vesˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [tɾa.vesˈt͡ʃi(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /tɾa.vesˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [tɾa.vesˈt͡ʃi(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /tɾa.vesˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /tɾa.veʃˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [tɾa.veʃˈt͡ʃi(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /tɾa.vesˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɾɐ.vɨʃˈtiɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɾɐ.vɨʃˈtiɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /tɾɐ.bɨʃˈtiɾ/ [tɾɐ.βɨʃˈtiɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /tɾɐ.vɨʃˈti.ɾi/
* Homophone: travesti (Brazil)
* Hyphenation: tra‧ves‧ti

### Verb

travestir (first-person singular present travisto, third-person singular present traveste, first-person singular preterite travesti, past participle travestido)
* to dress up in drag (as members of the opposite sex)
* to disguise, masquerade

#### Conjugation
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French travestir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɾabesˈtiɾ/ [t̪ɾa.β̞esˈt̪iɾ]
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: tra‧ves‧tir

### Verb

travestir (first-person singular present travisto, first-person singular preterite travestí, past participle travestido)
* to dress up in drag (as members of the opposite sex)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | travestir | travestir | travestir | travestir | travestir |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | travistiendo | travistiendo | travistiendo | travistiendo | travistiendo |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | travestido | travestido | travestida | travestida |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | travestidos | travestidos | travestidas | travestidas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |
| indicative | present | travisto | travistes$^{tú}$ travestís$^{vos}$ | traviste | travestimos | travestís | travisten |
| indicative | imperfect | travestía | travestías | travestía | travestíamos | travestíais | travestían |
| indicative | preterite | travestí | travestiste | travistió | travestimos | travestisteis | travistieron |
| indicative | future | travestiré | travestirás | travestirá | travestiremos | travestiréis | travestirán |
| indicative | conditional | travestiría | travestirías | travestiría | travestiríamos | travestiríais | travestirían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | travista | travistas$^{tú}$ travistás$^{vos2}$ | travista | travistamos | travistáis | travistan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | travistiera | travistieras | travistiera | travistiéramos | travistierais | travistieran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | travistiese | travistieses | travistiese | travistiésemos | travistieseis | travistiesen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | travistiere | travistieres | travistiere | travistiéremos | travistiereis | travistieren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | traviste$^{tú}$ travestí$^{vos}$ | travista | travistamos | travestid | travistan |
| imperative | negative | | no travistas | no travista | no travistamos | no travistáis | no travistan |
$^1$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.

### Further reading

* “travestir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014