invade
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin in-, "in", "into", + vādō, "I go", "I rush".
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪd
[edit] Verb
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to invade (third-person singular simple present invades, present participle invading, simple past and past participle invaded)
- (transitive) To move into.
- Under some circumstances police are allowed to invade a person's privacy.
- (transitive) To enter by force in order to conquer.
- Argentinian troops invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982.
- (transitive) To infest or overrun.
- The picnic was invaded by ants.
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[edit] Translations
to move into
to enter by force in order to conquer
to infest or overrun
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[edit] Italian
[edit] Verb
invade
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Verb
invade (infinitive: invadir)
- informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of invadir.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of invadir.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of invadir.
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