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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)
- (transitive, finance) to invest (to spend money, time, or energy on something and work)
- Synonym: impiegare
- investire denaro ― to invest money
- (transitive) to invest (to formally give power or authority to someone)
- Synonyms: insediare, insignire
- (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.
- (transitive) to assail
- Synonym: assalire
- (intransitive, nautical) to collide violently (with an obstacle)
Conjugation
1Intransitive in the nautical meaning.
Descendants
Further reading
- investire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
investīre
- inflection of investiō:
- present active infinitive
- second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative
Romanian
Etymology
From investi + -re.
Noun
investire f (plural investiri)
- investment
Declension