investir

French

Etymology

From Latin investīre, present active infinitive of investiō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

investir

1. to invest

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-.

   Conjugation of investir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		investir			avoir investi
gerund		en investissant			en ayant investi
present participle		investissant
past participle		investi
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	investis	investis	investit	investissons	investissez	investissent
	imperfect	investissais	investissais	investissait	investissions	investissiez	investissaient
	past historic1	investis	investis	investit	investîmes	investîtes	investirent
	future	investirai	investiras	investira	investirons	investirez	investiront
	conditional	investirais	investirais	investirait	investirions	investiriez	investiraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	investisse	investisses	investisse	investissions	investissiez	investissent
	imperfect1	investisse	investisses	investît	investissions	investissiez	investissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	investis	—	investissons	investissez	—
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Related terms

• investissement

Anagrams

• vitrines

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Portuguese

Verb

investir (present participle investindo)

1. to invest (to commit money...)

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ir verb investir

Notes:

• This is a regular verb of the -ir group.
• Verbs with this conjugation include: definir, descobrir, desistir, garantir, partir.

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	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele/ela/você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles/elas/vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	investir
Personal	investir	investires	investir	investirmos	investirdes	investirem
Present participle
	investindo
Past participle
Masculine	investido			investidos
Feminine	investida			investidas
Indicative
Present	investo	investes	investe	investimos	investis	investem
Imperfect	investia	investias	investia	investíamos	investíeis	investiam
Preterite	investi	investiste	investiu	investimos	investistes	investiram
Pluperfect	investira	investiras	investira	investíramos	investíreis	investiram
Future	investirei	investirás	investirá	investiremos	investireis	investirão
Conditional	investiria	investirias	investiria	investiríamos	investiríeis	investiriam
Subjunctive
Present	investa	investas	investa	investamos	investais	investam
Imperfect	investisse	investisses	investisse	investíssemos	investísseis	investissem
Future	investir	investires	investir	investirmos	investirdes	investirem
Imperative
Affirmative	investa	investe	investa	investamos	investi	investam
Negative (não)	investa	investas	investa	investamos	investais	investam

This Portuguese entry was created from the translations listed at invest. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see investir in the Portuguese Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) July 2010