investire

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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 denaroto 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 pedoneto 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)

Conjugation

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