advertir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin advertere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir. First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [əd.bərˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əd.vərˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ad.veɾˈtiɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ad.berˈti]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• 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

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of advertir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			advertir
gerund			advertint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		advertit		advertida
		plural		advertits		advertides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	adverteixo	adverteixes	adverteix	advertim	advertiu	adverteixen
	imperfect	advertia	adverties	advertia	advertíem	advertíeu	advertien
	future	advertiré	advertiràs	advertirà	advertirem	advertireu	advertiran
	preterite	advertí	advertires	advertí	advertírem	advertíreu	advertiren
	conditional	advertiria	advertiries	advertiria	advertiríem	advertiríeu	advertirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	adverteixi	adverteixis	adverteixi	advertim	advertiu	adverteixin
	imperfect	advertís	advertissis	advertís	advertíssim	advertíssiu	advertissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	adverteix	adverteixi	advertim	advertiu	adverteixin
	negative (no)	—	no adverteixis	no adverteixi	no advertim	no advertiu	no adverteixin

Derived terms

• advertència
• advertiment

Further reading

• “advertir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “advertir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “advertir”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.vɛʁ.tiʁ/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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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

Galician

Etymology

From Latin advertō.

Verb

advertir (first-person singular present advirto, third-person singular present advirte, first-person singular preterite advertín, past participle advertido)
advertir (first-person singular present advirto, third-person singular present adverte, first-person singular preterite advertim or adverti, past participle advertido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to admonish; to caution; to warn

   Synonym: prevenir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of advertir (e becomes i when stressed)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	advertir
Personal	advertir	advertires	advertir	advertirmos	advertirdes	advertiren
Gerund
	advertindo
Past participle
Masculine	advertido			advertidos
Feminine	advertida			advertidas
Indicative
Present	advirto	advirtes	advirte	advertimos	advertides	advirten
Imperfect	advertía	advertías	advertía	advertiamos	advertiades	advertían
Preterite	advertín	advertiches	advertiu	advertimos	advertistes	advertiron
Pluperfect	advertira	advertiras	advertira	advertiramos	advertirades	advertiran
Future	advertirei	advertirás	advertirá	advertiremos	advertiredes	advertirán
Conditional	advertiría	advertirías	advertiría	advertiriamos	advertiriades	advertirían
Subjunctive
Present	advirta	advirtas	advirta	advirtamos	advirtades	advirtan
Imperfect	advertise	advertises	advertise	advertísemos	advertísedes	advertisen
Future	advertir	advertires	advertir	advertirmos	advertirdes	advertiren
Imperative
Affirmative		advirte	advirta	advirtamos	advertide	advirtan
Negative (non)		non advirtas	non advirta	non advirtamos	non advirtades	non advirtan

    Reintegrated conjugation of advertir (i-e alternation in present singular) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	advertir
Personal	advertir	advertires	advertir	advertirmos	advertirdes	advertirem
Gerund
	advertindo
Past participle
Masculine	advertido			advertidos
Feminine	advertida			advertidas
Indicative
Present	advirto	advertes	adverte	advertimos	advertides, advertis	advertem
Imperfect	advertia	advertias	advertia	advertíamos	advertíades, advertíeis, advertíais1	advertiam
Preterite	advertim, adverti	advertiste, advertiche1	advertiu	advertimos	advertistes	advertírom, advertiram
Pluperfect	advertira	advertiras	advertira	advertíramos	advertírades, advertíreis, advertírais1	advertiram
Future	advertirei	advertirás	advertirá	advertiremos	advertiredes, advertireis	advertirám, advertirão
Conditional	advertiria	advertirias	advertiria	advertiríamos	advertiríades, advertiríeis, advertiríais1	advertiriam
Subjunctive
Present	advirta	advirtas	advirta	advirtamos	advirtades, advirtais	advirtam
Imperfect	advertisse	advertisses	advertisse	advertíssemos	advertíssedes, advertísseis	advertissem
Future	advertir	advertires	advertir	advertirmos	advertirdes	advertirem
Imperative
Affirmative		adverte	advirta	advirtamos	advertide, adverti	advirtam
Negative (nom)		nom advirtas	nom advirta	nom advirtamos	nom advirtades, nom advirtais	nom advirtam

¹Less recommended.

Further reading

• “advertir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “advertir”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Middle French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French avertir.

Verb

advertir

1. to warn

Derived terms

• advertissement

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin advertere, with change of conjugation.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.veʁˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.vehˈt͡ʃi(h)], /ad͡ʒ.veʁˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [ad͡ʒ.vehˈt͡ʃi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.veʁˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.vehˈt͡ʃi(h)], /ad͡ʒ.veʁˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [ad͡ʒ.vehˈt͡ʃi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.veɾˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/, /ad͡ʒ.veɾˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.veʁˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.veχˈt͡ʃi(χ)], /ad͡ʒ.veʁˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [ad͡ʒ.veχˈt͡ʃi(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.veɻˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)/, /ad͡ʒ.veɻˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ad͡ʒ.veʁˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [ad͡ʒ.vehˈt͡ʃi(h)], /a.d͡ʒi.veʁˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.vehˈt͡ʃi(h)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dvɨɾˈtiɾ/ [ɐ.ðvɨɾˈtiɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dvɨɾˈtiɾ/ [ɐ.ðvɨɾˈtiɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dbɨɾˈtiɾ/ [ɐ.ðβɨɾˈtiɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dvɨɾˈti.ɾi/ [ɐ.ðvɨɾˈti.ɾi]

• Audio (Brazil):

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Verb

advertir (first-person singular present advirto, third-person singular present adverte, first-person singular preterite adverti, past participle advertido)

1. to admonish; to caution; to warn

   Synonym: prevenir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of advertir (i-e alternation in present singular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	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	advertir
Personal	advertir	advertires	advertir	advertirmos	advertirdes	advertirem
Gerund
	advertindo
Past participle
Masculine	advertido			advertidos
Feminine	advertida			advertidas
Indicative
Present	advirto	advertes	adverte	advertimos	advertis	advertem
Imperfect	advertia	advertias	advertia	advertíamos	advertíeis	advertiam
Preterite	adverti	advertiste	advertiu	advertimos	advertistes	advertiram
Pluperfect	advertira	advertiras	advertira	advertíramos	advertíreis	advertiram
Future	advertirei	advertirás	advertirá	advertiremos	advertireis	advertirão
Conditional	advertiria	advertirias	advertiria	advertiríamos	advertiríeis	advertiriam
Subjunctive
Present	advirta	advirtas	advirta	advirtamos	advirtais	advirtam
Imperfect	advertisse	advertisses	advertisse	advertíssemos	advertísseis	advertissem
Future	advertir	advertires	advertir	advertirmos	advertirdes	advertirem
Imperative
Affirmative		adverte	advirta	advirtamos	adverti	advirtam
Negative (não)		não advirtas	não advirta	não advirtamos	não advirtais	não advirtam

Derived terms

• advertência

Further reading

• “advertir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “advertir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *wert-

Proto-Indo-European *wértetor

Proto-Italic *wertō

Latin vertō

Latin adverterebor.

Spanish advertir

Borrowed from Latin advertere.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: ad‧ver‧tir

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to warn [with direct object ‘someone’, along with de ‘of something’ or que (+ indicative clause) ‘that ...’ or que (+ subjunctive clause) ‘to do something’]

   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. (transitive) to notice

   Synonyms: notar, reparar en

   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

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-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 tuteo 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 voseo 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025