vestir

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Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin vestīre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /besˈti(ɾ)/
  • Rhymes: -i(ɾ)
  • Syllabification: ves‧tir

Verb

vestir

  1. (transitive) to clothe, to dress (to put clothes on)
  2. (reflexive) to put on; to get dressed
  3. (transitive) to wear
  4. (intransitive) to dress (to clothe oneself; to put on clothes)

Further reading

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin vestīre.

Pronunciation

Verb

vestir (first-person singular present vesteixo, first-person singular preterite vestí, past participle vestit)

  1. (transitive) to clothe, to dress (to put clothes on)
  2. (reflexive) to put on; to get dressed
  3. (transitive) to wear
  4. (intransitive) to dress (to clothe oneself; to put on clothes)

Conjugation

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Further reading

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese vestir, from Latin vestiō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /besˈtiɾ/, /bisˈtiɾ/

Verb

vestir (first-person singular present visto, third-person singular present viste, first-person singular preterite vestín, past participle vestido)
vestir (first-person singular present visto, third-person singular present veste, first-person singular preterite vestim or vesti, past participle vestido, reintegrationist norm)

  1. (transitive) to wear
    Synonym: levar
  2. (transitive) to dress, to clothe
  3. (transitive) to coat
    Synonym: revestir
  4. (pronominal) to get dressed
    Synonyms: poñer, por
  5. (transitive) to dress

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References

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French vestir, from Latin vestīre.

Verb

vestir

  1. to dress

Conjugation

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • French: vêtir

References

  • vêtir on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin vestīre.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Verb

vestir

  1. (transitive) to dress

Conjugation

References

  • Alibert, Louis (1965) Dictionnaire occitan - français : d'après les parlers languedociens (in French), Toulouse: Institut d' Etudes occitanes, →ISBN

Old French

Etymology

From Latin vestīre.

Verb

vestir

  1. to dress; to clothe

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese vestir, from Latin vestiō.

Pronunciation

 
 

Verb

vestir (first-person singular present visto, third-person singular present veste, first-person singular preterite vesti, past participle vestido)

  1. (transitive) to wear; to don (to have an item of clothing on oneself)
    A testemunha disse que o ladrão vestia um boné e uma camisa comprida.
    The witness said the thief wore a cap and a long shirt.
  2. (transitive) to put on (to put an item of clothing on oneself)
    Vesti uma camiseta antes de sair.
    I put a T-shirt on before going out.
  3. (pronominal) to get dressed (to put clothes on oneself)
    Vista-se logo senão nos atrasaremos.
    Get dressed fast otherwise we’ll be late.
  4. (transitive) to dress; to clothe (to put clothes on someone)
    Ela vestiu o filho para que ele não passasse frio.
    She dressed her son so he wouldn’t be cold.
  5. (transitive) to dress
    A empresária precisa estar vestida de seda.
    The businesswoman needs to be dressed in silk.

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vestiō. Cognate with English vest.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /besˈtiɾ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: ves‧tir

Verb

vestir (first-person singular present visto, first-person singular preterite vestí, past participle vestido)

  1. to dress, to clothe, to attire
  2. to wear
  3. to adorn, to bedeck, to embellish
  4. to disguise, to cover up
  5. to make clothes for, to dress
  6. (reflexive) to get dressed
    • 1987, “Vístete”, in Bravo!, performed by Nacha Pop:
      Vístete, te sigo esperando blusa aquí, falda ya / Cálzate, pon cuero sobre seda negra / Vístete, aguantaré vístete, te sigo esperando
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Further reading

Venetan

Etymology

From Latin vestiō. Compare Italian vestire.

Verb

vestir

  1. (transitive) to dress

Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.