investire

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See also: investiré

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin investīre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /in.veˈsti.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: in‧ve‧stì‧re

Verb

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investìre (first-person singular present invèsto, first-person singular past historic investìi, past participle investìto, auxiliary avére or (intransitive in the nautical meaning) èssere)

  1. (transitive, finance) to invest (to spend money, time, or energy on something and work)
    Synonym: impiegare
    investire denaroto invest money
  2. (transitive) to invest (to formally give power or authority to someone)
    Synonyms: insediare, insignire
  3. (transitive) to crash (into), run over (in a car, etc.)
    Synonyms: colpire, travolgere, urtare
    investire un pedoneto run over a pedestrian
    Un automobile l'ha investito.He got run over by a car.
  4. (transitive) to assail
    Synonym: assalire
  5. (intransitive, nautical) to collide violently (with an obstacle) [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Spanish: embestir

Further reading

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  • investire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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investīre

  1. inflection of investiō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Romanian

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Etymology

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From investi +‎ -re.

Noun

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investire f (plural investiri)

  1. investment

Declension

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