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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian travestire.
Pronunciation
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-.
infinitive
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simple
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travestir
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compound
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avoir + past participle
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present participle or gerund1
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simple
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travestissant /tʁa.vɛs.ti.sɑ̃/
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compound
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ayant + past participle
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past participle
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travesti /tʁa.vɛs.ti/
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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je (j’)
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tu
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il, elle, on
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nous
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vous
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ils, elles
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(simple tenses)
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present
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travestis /tʁa.vɛs.ti/
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travestis /tʁa.vɛs.ti/
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travestit /tʁa.vɛs.ti/
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travestissons /tʁa.vɛs.ti.sɔ̃/
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travestissez /tʁa.vɛs.ti.se/
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travestissent /tʁa.vɛs.tis/
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imperfect
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travestissais /tʁa.vɛs.ti.sɛ/
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travestissais /tʁa.vɛs.ti.sɛ/
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travestissait /tʁa.vɛs.ti.sɛ/
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travestissions /tʁa.vɛs.ti.sjɔ̃/
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travestissiez /tʁa.vɛs.ti.sje/
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travestissaient /tʁa.vɛs.ti.sɛ/
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past historic2
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travestis /tʁa.vɛs.ti/
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travestis /tʁa.vɛs.ti/
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travestit /tʁa.vɛs.ti/
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travestîmes /tʁa.vɛs.tim/
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travestîtes /tʁa.vɛs.tit/
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travestirent /tʁa.vɛs.tiʁ/
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future
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travestirai /tʁa.vɛs.ti.ʁe/
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travestiras /tʁa.vɛs.ti.ʁa/
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travestira /tʁa.vɛs.ti.ʁa/
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travestirons /tʁa.vɛs.ti.ʁɔ̃/
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travestirez /tʁa.vɛs.ti.ʁe/
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travestiront /tʁa.vɛs.ti.ʁɔ̃/
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conditional
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travestirais /tʁa.vɛs.ti.ʁɛ/
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travestirais /tʁa.vɛs.ti.ʁɛ/
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travestirait /tʁa.vɛs.ti.ʁɛ/
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travestirions /tʁa.vɛs.ti.ʁjɔ̃/
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travestiriez /tʁa.vɛs.ti.ʁje/
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travestiraient /tʁa.vɛs.ti.ʁɛ/
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(compound tenses)
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present perfect
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present indicative of avoir + past participle
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pluperfect
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imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
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past anterior2
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past historic of avoir + past participle
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future perfect
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future of avoir + past participle
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conditional perfect
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conditional of avoir + past participle
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subjunctive
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que je (j’)
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que tu
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qu’il, qu’elle
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que nous
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que vous
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qu’ils, qu’elles
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(simple tenses)
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present
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travestisse /tʁa.vɛs.tis/
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travestisses /tʁa.vɛs.tis/
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travestisse /tʁa.vɛs.tis/
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travestissions /tʁa.vɛs.ti.sjɔ̃/
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travestissiez /tʁa.vɛs.ti.sje/
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travestissent /tʁa.vɛs.tis/
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imperfect2
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travestisse /tʁa.vɛs.tis/
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travestisses /tʁa.vɛs.tis/
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travestît /tʁa.vɛs.ti/
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travestissions /tʁa.vɛs.ti.sjɔ̃/
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travestissiez /tʁa.vɛs.ti.sje/
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travestissent /tʁa.vɛs.tis/
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(compound tenses)
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past
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present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
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pluperfect2
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imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
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imperative
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–
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tu
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–
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nous
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vous
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–
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simple
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—
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travestis /tʁa.vɛs.ti/
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—
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travestissons /tʁa.vɛs.ti.sɔ̃/
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travestissez /tʁa.vɛs.ti.se/
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—
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compound
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—
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simple imperative of avoir + past participle
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—
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simple imperative of avoir + past participle
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simple imperative of avoir + past participle
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—
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1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
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2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
- past historic → present perfect
- past anterior → pluperfect
- imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
- pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).
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Further reading
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
Conjugation of travestir (e becomes i when stressed)
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Singular
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Plural
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First-person (eu)
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Second-person (ti / tu)
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Third-person (ele / ela / você)
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First-person (nós)
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Second-person (vós)
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Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
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Infinitive
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Impersonal
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travestir
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Personal
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travestir
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travestires
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travestir
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travestirmos
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travestirdes
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travestirem
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Gerund
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travestindo
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Past participle
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Masculine
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travestido
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travestidos
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Feminine
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travestida
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travestidas
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Indicative
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Present
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travisto
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travestes
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traveste
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travestimos
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travestides, travestis
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travestem
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Imperfect
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travestia
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travestias
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travestia
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travestíamos
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travestíades, travestíeis, travestíais1
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travestiam
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Preterite
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travestim, travesti
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travestiste, travestiche1
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travestiu
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travestimos
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travestistes
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travestírom, travestiram
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Pluperfect
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travestira
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travestiras
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travestira
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travestíramos
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travestírades, travestíreis, travestírais1
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travestiram
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Future
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travestirei
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travestirás
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travestirá
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travestiremos
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travestiredes, travestireis
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travestirám, travestirão
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Conditional
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travestiria
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travestirias
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travestiria
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travestiríamos
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travestiríades, travestiríeis, travestiríais1
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travestiriam
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Subjunctive
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Present
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travista
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travistas
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travista
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travistamos
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travistades, travistais
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travistam
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Imperfect
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travestisse
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travestisses
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travestisse
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travestíssemos
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travestíssedes, travestísseis
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travestissem
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Future
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travestir
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travestires
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travestir
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travestirmos
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travestirdes
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travestirem
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Imperative
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Affirmative
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traveste
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travista
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travistamos
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travestide, travesti
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travistam
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Negative (nom)
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nom travistas
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nom travista
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nom travistamos
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nom travistades, nom travistais
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nom travistam
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Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
From French travestir.
Pronunciation
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(key): /tɾabesˈtiɾ/
- 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
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of travestir (e-i alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive travestir
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dative
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travestirme
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travestirte
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travestirle, travestirse
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travestirnos
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travestiros
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travestirles, travestirse
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accusative
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travestirme
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travestirte
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travestirlo, travestirla, travestirse
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travestirnos
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travestiros
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travestirlos, travestirlas, travestirse
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with gerund travistiendo
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dative
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travistiéndome
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travistiéndote
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travistiéndole, travistiéndose
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travistiéndonos
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travistiéndoos
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travistiéndoles, travistiéndose
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accusative
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travistiéndome
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travistiéndote
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travistiéndolo, travistiéndola, travistiéndose
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travistiéndonos
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travistiéndoos
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travistiéndolos, travistiéndolas, travistiéndose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative traviste
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dative
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travísteme
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travístete
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travístele
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travístenos
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not used
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travísteles
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accusative
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travísteme
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travístete
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travístelo, travístela
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travístenos
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not used
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travístelos, travístelas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative travestí
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dative
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travestime
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travestite
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travestile
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travestinos
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not used
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travestiles
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accusative
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travestime
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travestite
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travestilo, travestila
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travestinos
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not used
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travestilos, travestilas
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with formal second-person singular imperative travista
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dative
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travístame
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not used
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travístale, travístase
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travístanos
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not used
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travístales
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accusative
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travístame
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not used
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travístalo, travístala, travístase
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travístanos
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not used
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travístalos, travístalas
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with first-person plural imperative travistamos
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dative
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not used
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travistámoste
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travistámosle
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travistámonos
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travistámoos
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travistámosles
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accusative
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not used
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travistámoste
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travistámoslo, travistámosla
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travistámonos
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travistámoos
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travistámoslos, travistámoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative travestid
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dative
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travestidme
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not used
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travestidle
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travestidnos
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travestíos
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travestidles
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accusative
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travestidme
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not used
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travestidlo, travestidla
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travestidnos
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travestíos
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travestidlos, travestidlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative travistan
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dative
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travístanme
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not used
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travístanle
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travístannos
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not used
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travístanles, travístanse
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accusative
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travístanme
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not used
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travístanlo, travístanla
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travístannos
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not used
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travístanlos, travístanlas, travístanse
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