advertir

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin advertō, attested from the 15th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əd.bərˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əd.vərˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ad.veɾˈtiɾ]
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)
• Homophone: advertí

Verb

advertir (first-person singular present adverteixo, first-person singular preterite advertí, past participle advertit)

1. to warn
2. to notice something

Derived terms

• advertència
• advertiment

Further reading

• “advertir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “advertir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “advertir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

advertir

1. Obsolete spelling of avertir.

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 advertir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	advertir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	advertissant /ad.vɛʁ.ti.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		adverti /ad.vɛʁ.ti/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	advertis /ad.vɛʁ.ti/	advertis /ad.vɛʁ.ti/	advertit /ad.vɛʁ.ti/	advertissons /ad.vɛʁ.ti.sɔ̃/	advertissez /ad.vɛʁ.ti.se/	advertissent /ad.vɛʁ.tis/
	imperfect	advertissais /ad.vɛʁ.ti.sɛ/	advertissais /ad.vɛʁ.ti.sɛ/	advertissait /ad.vɛʁ.ti.sɛ/	advertissions /ad.vɛʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/	advertissiez /ad.vɛʁ.ti.sje/	advertissaient /ad.vɛʁ.ti.sɛ/
	past historic2	advertis /ad.vɛʁ.ti/	advertis /ad.vɛʁ.ti/	advertit /ad.vɛʁ.ti/	advertîmes /ad.vɛʁ.tim/	advertîtes /ad.vɛʁ.tit/	advertirent /ad.vɛʁ.tiʁ/
	future	advertirai /ad.vɛʁ.ti.ʁe/	advertiras /ad.vɛʁ.ti.ʁa/	advertira /ad.vɛʁ.ti.ʁa/	advertirons /ad.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɔ̃/	advertirez /ad.vɛʁ.ti.ʁe/	advertiront /ad.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	advertirais /ad.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɛ/	advertirais /ad.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɛ/	advertirait /ad.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɛ/	advertirions /ad.vɛʁ.ti.ʁjɔ̃/	advertiriez /ad.vɛʁ.ti.ʁje/	advertiraient /ad.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	advertisse /ad.vɛʁ.tis/	advertisses /ad.vɛʁ.tis/	advertisse /ad.vɛʁ.tis/	advertissions /ad.vɛʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/	advertissiez /ad.vɛʁ.ti.sje/	advertissent /ad.vɛʁ.tis/
	imperfect2	advertisse /ad.vɛʁ.tis/	advertisses /ad.vɛʁ.tis/	advertît /ad.vɛʁ.ti/	advertissions /ad.vɛʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/	advertissiez /ad.vɛʁ.ti.sje/	advertissent /ad.vɛʁ.tis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	advertis /ad.vɛʁ.ti/	—	advertissons /ad.vɛʁ.ti.sɔ̃/	advertissez /ad.vɛʁ.ti.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• advertissement

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin advertō.

Verb

1. to admonish; to caution; to warn

   Synonym: prevenir

Further reading

• “advertir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

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Middle French

Verb

advertir

1. to warn

Derived terms

• advertissement

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin advertō.

Verb

1. to admonish; to caution; to warn

   Synonym: prevenir

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin advertō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adbeɾˈtiɾ/ [að̞.β̞eɾˈt̪iɾ]

Verb

advertir (first-person singular present advierto, first-person singular preterite advertí, past participle advertido)

1. Template:indtr to warn

   Synonym: avisar

   Te advierto que no lo hagas otra vez.

   I'm warning you not to do it again.

   Le advertí del peligro.

   I warned him of the danger.

2. to notice

   Synonym: notar

   Advertí algunos errores en su informe.

   I noticed some mistakes in his report.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of advertir (e-ie-i alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			advertir
gerund			advirtiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		advertido		advertida
		plural		advertidos		advertidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	advierto	adviertestú advertísvos	advierte	advertimos	advertís	advierten
	imperfect	advertía	advertías	advertía	advertíamos	advertíais	advertían
	preterite	advertí	advertiste	advirtió	advertimos	advertisteis	advirtieron
	future	advertiré	advertirás	advertirá	advertiremos	advertiréis	advertirán
	conditional	advertiría	advertirías	advertiría	advertiríamos	advertiríais	advertirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	advierta	adviertastú advirtásvos2	advierta	advirtamos	advirtáis	adviertan
	imperfect (ra)	advirtiera	advirtieras	advirtiera	advirtiéramos	advirtierais	advirtieran
	imperfect (se)	advirtiese	advirtieses	advirtiese	advirtiésemos	advirtieseis	advirtiesen
	future1	advirtiere	advirtieres	advirtiere	advirtiéremos	advirtiereis	advirtieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		adviertetú advertívos	advierta	advirtamos	advertid	adviertan
	negative		no adviertas	no advierta	no advirtamos	no advirtáis	no adviertan

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of advertir (e-ie-i alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive advertir
	dative	advertirme	advertirte	advertirle, advertirse	advertirnos	advertiros	advertirles, advertirse
	accusative	advertirme	advertirte	advertirlo, advertirla, advertirse	advertirnos	advertiros	advertirlos, advertirlas, advertirse
with gerund advirtiendo
	dative	advirtiéndome	advirtiéndote	advirtiéndole, advirtiéndose	advirtiéndonos	advirtiéndoos	advirtiéndoles, advirtiéndose
	accusative	advirtiéndome	advirtiéndote	advirtiéndolo, advirtiéndola, advirtiéndose	advirtiéndonos	advirtiéndoos	advirtiéndolos, advirtiéndolas, advirtiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative advierte
	dative	adviérteme	adviértete	adviértele	adviértenos	not used	adviérteles
	accusative	adviérteme	adviértete	adviértelo, adviértela	adviértenos	not used	adviértelos, adviértelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative advertí
	dative	advertime	advertite	advertile	advertinos	not used	advertiles
	accusative	advertime	advertite	advertilo, advertila	advertinos	not used	advertilos, advertilas
with formal second-person singular imperative advierta
	dative	adviértame	not used	adviértale, adviértase	adviértanos	not used	adviértales
	accusative	adviértame	not used	adviértalo, adviértala, adviértase	adviértanos	not used	adviértalos, adviértalas
with first-person plural imperative advirtamos
	dative	not used	advirtámoste	advirtámosle	advirtámonos	advirtámoos	advirtámosles
	accusative	not used	advirtámoste	advirtámoslo, advirtámosla	advirtámonos	advirtámoos	advirtámoslos, advirtámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative advertid
	dative	advertidme	not used	advertidle	advertidnos	advertíos	advertidles
	accusative	advertidme	not used	advertidlo, advertidla	advertidnos	advertíos	advertidlos, advertidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative adviertan
	dative	adviértanme	not used	adviértanle	adviértannos	not used	adviértanles, adviértanse
	accusative	adviértanme	not used	adviértanlo, adviértanla	adviértannos	not used	adviértanlos, adviértanlas, adviértanse

Derived terms

• advertible
• advertimiento

Related terms

• advertencia
• inadvertido
• verter

Further reading

• “advertir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014