invade

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 2 Italian 2.1 Verb 3 Spanish 3.1 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin in-, "in", "into", + vadere, "to go", "to rush", "to hasten".

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• Rhymes: -eɪd

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to invade (third-person singular simple present invades, present participle invading, simple past and past participle invaded)

1. (transitive) To move into.

   Under some circumstances police are allowed to invade a person's privacy.

2. (transitive) To enter by force in order to conquer.

   Argentinian troops invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982.

3. (transitive) To infest or overrun.

   The picnic was invaded by ants.

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• invader
• invasion
• invasive

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invade

1. third-person singular present tense of invadere

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invade (infinitive: invadir)

1. Informal second-person singular (“tú”) affirmative imperative form of invadir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of invadir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of invadir.