convertir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin convertere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [kum.bərˈti]
IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koɱ.vərˈti]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koɱ.veɾˈtiɾ]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)

Verb

convertir (first-person singular present converteixo, first-person singular preterite convertí, past participle convertit)

to convert
(reflexive) to become

Conjugation

Conjugation of convertir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			convertir
gerund			convertint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		convertit		convertida
		plural		convertits		convertides
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	converteixo	converteixes	converteix	convertim	convertiu	converteixen
	imperfect	convertia	converties	convertia	convertíem	convertíeu	convertien
	future	convertiré	convertiràs	convertirà	convertirem	convertireu	convertiran
	preterite	convertí	convertires	convertí	convertírem	convertíreu	convertiren
	conditional	convertiria	convertiries	convertiria	convertiríem	convertiríeu	convertirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	converteixi	converteixis	converteixi	convertim	convertiu	converteixin
	imperfect	convertís	convertissis	convertís	convertíssim	convertíssiu	convertissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	converteix	converteixi	convertim	convertiu	converteixin
	negative (no)	—	no converteixis	no converteixi	no convertim	no convertiu	no converteixin

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French

Etymology

From Old French convertir, from Latin convertō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tiʁ/
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Verb

convertir

to convert (change one thing into another)
to convert (exchange one thing into another)
to convert (to change someone's beliefs)
to convert; to bring around (to change someone's mind or opinion)
(reflexive) to become; to change into
(reflexive) to convert (+ à = to)
Elle s'est convertie à l'islam.
She converted to Islam.

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 convertir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	convertir
present participle or gerund¹	simple	convertissant /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		converti /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	convertis /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti/	convertis /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti/	convertit /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti/	convertissons /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sɔ̃/	convertissez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.se/	convertissent /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tis/
	imperfect	convertissais /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sɛ/	convertissais /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sɛ/	convertissait /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sɛ/	convertissions /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/	convertissiez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sje/	convertissaient /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sɛ/
	past historic²	convertis /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti/	convertis /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti/	convertit /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti/	convertîmes /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tim/	convertîtes /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tit/	convertirent /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tiʁ/
	future	convertirai /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁe/	convertiras /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁa/	convertira /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁa/	convertirons /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɔ̃/	convertirez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁe/	convertiront /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	convertirais /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɛ/	convertirais /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɛ/	convertirait /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɛ/	convertirions /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁjɔ̃/	convertiriez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁje/	convertiraient /kɔ̃.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	convertisse /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tis/	convertisses /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tis/	convertisse /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tis/	convertissions /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/	convertissiez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sje/	convertissent /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tis/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	convertisse /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tis/	convertisses /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tis/	convertît /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti/	convertissions /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/	convertissiez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sje/	convertissent /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	convertis /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti/	—	convertissons /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sɔ̃/	convertissez /kɔ̃.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).

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin convertō.

Verb

convertir

to convert (change from one state to another)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group or second-group verb (ending in -ir, without or with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Conjugation of convertir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		convertir			avoir converti
gerund		en convertant, convertissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		convertant, convertissant
past participle		converti
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	convert, convertis	converz, convertis	convert, convertist	convertons, convertissons	convertez, convertissez	convertent, convertissent
	imperfect	convertoie, converteie, convertissoie, convertisseie	convertoies, converteies, convertissoies, convertisseies	convertoit, converteit, convertissoit, convertisseit	convertiiens, convertiens, convertissiiens, convertissiens	convertiiez, convertiez, convertissiiez, convertissiez	convertoient, converteient, convertissoient, convertisseient
	preterite	converti	convertis	converti	convertimes	convertistes	convertirent
	future	convertirai	convertiras	convertira	convertirons	convertiroiz, convertireiz, convertirez	convertiront
	conditional	convertiroie, convertireie	convertiroies, convertireies	convertiroit, convertireit	convertiriiens, convertiriens	convertiriiez, convertiriez	convertiroient, convertireient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	converte, convertisse	convertes, convertisses	converte, convertisse	convertons, convertissons	convertez, convertissez	convertent, convertissent
simple tenses	imperfect	convertisse	convertisses	convertist	convertissons, convertissiens	convertissoiz, convertissez, convertissiez	convertissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	convert, convertis	—	convertons, convertissons	convertez, convertissez	—

Descendants

→ Middle English: converten
- English: convert
French: convertir

Spanish

Alternative forms

convertirse (reflexive)

Etymology

From Latin convertō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kombeɾˈtiɾ/ [kõm.beɾˈt̪iɾ]
Rhymes: -iɾ
Syllabification: con‧ver‧tir

Verb

convertir (first-person singular present convierto, first-person singular preterite convertí, past participle convertido)

(transitive) to convert
- 2022 June 3, Sandee LaMotte, “El efecto 'Benjamin Button': científicos logran revertir el envejecimiento en ratones. El objetivo es hacer lo mismo con los humanos”, in CNN en Español‎^[1]:
  Ahora él quiere cambiar el mundo y convertir el envejecimiento en una enfermedad”, dijo Whitney Casey, una inversionista que se asoció con Sinclair para crear una prueba de edad biológica casera. […] Sinclair también toma 1 gramo de NMN, o mononucleótido de nicotinamida, que en el cuerpo se convierte en NAD+, o dinucleótido de nicotinamida y adenina.
  Now he wants to change the world and turn aging into a disease," said Whitney Casey, an investor who partnered with Sinclair to create a home biological age test. […] Sinclair also takes 1 gram of NMN, or nicotinamide mononucleotide, which the body converts into NAD+, or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide.
(transitive) to turn
(transitive) to transform
Synonym: transformar
(reflexive) [with en ‘something’] to become, get, turn into, transform
Synonym: tornarse

Se nos convirtió en un blanco.
We were turned into a target

Usage notes

convertirse en can proceed noun phrases but not adjectives. Compare hacerse, volverse, quedarse and ponerse.

Conjugation

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

		singular			plural
infinitive			convertir
gerund			convirtiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		convertido		convertida
		plural		convertidos		convertidas
		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	convierto	conviertes^{^tú} convertís^{^vos}	convierte	convertimos	convertís	convierten
	imperfect	convertía	convertías	convertía	convertíamos	convertíais	convertían
	preterite	convertí	convertiste	convirtió	convertimos	convertisteis	convirtieron
	future	convertiré	convertirás	convertirá	convertiremos	convertiréis	convertirán
	conditional	convertiría	convertirías	convertiría	convertiríamos	convertiríais	convertirían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	convierta	conviertas^{^tú} convirtás^{^vos²}	convierta	convirtamos	convirtáis	conviertan
	imperfect (ra)	convirtiera	convirtieras	convirtiera	convirtiéramos	convirtierais	convirtieran
	imperfect (se)	convirtiese	convirtieses	convirtiese	convirtiésemos	convirtieseis	convirtiesen
	future¹	convirtiere	convirtieres	convirtiere	convirtiéremos	convirtiereis	convirtieren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		convierte^{^tú} convertí^{^vos}	convierta	convirtamos	convertid	conviertan
	negative		no conviertas	no convierta	no convirtamos	no convirtáis	no conviertan

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of convertir (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 convertir	dative	convertirme	convertirte	convertirle, convertirse	convertirnos	convertiros	convertirles, convertirse
with infinitive convertir	accusative	convertirme	convertirte	convertirlo, convertirla, convertirse	convertirnos	convertiros	convertirlos, convertirlas, convertirse

with gerund convirtiendo	dative	convirtiéndome	convirtiéndote	convirtiéndole, convirtiéndose	convirtiéndonos	convirtiéndoos	convirtiéndoles, convirtiéndose
with gerund convirtiendo	accusative	convirtiéndome	convirtiéndote	convirtiéndolo, convirtiéndola, convirtiéndose	convirtiéndonos	convirtiéndoos	convirtiéndolos, convirtiéndolas, convirtiéndose

with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative convierte	dative	conviérteme	conviértete	conviértele	conviértenos	not used	conviérteles
	accusative	conviérteme	conviértete	conviértelo, conviértela	conviértenos	not used	conviértelos, conviértelas

with informal second-person singular voseo imperative convertí	dative	convertime	convertite	convertile	convertinos	not used	convertiles
	accusative	convertime	convertite	convertilo, convertila	convertinos	not used	convertilos, convertilas

with formal second-person singular imperative convierta	dative	conviértame	not used	conviértale, conviértase	conviértanos	not used	conviértales
with formal second-person singular imperative convierta	accusative	conviértame	not used	conviértalo, conviértala, conviértase	conviértanos	not used	conviértalos, conviértalas

with first-person plural imperative convirtamos	dative	not used	convirtámoste	convirtámosle	convirtámonos	convirtámoos	convirtámosles
with first-person plural imperative convirtamos	accusative	not used	convirtámoste	convirtámoslo, convirtámosla	convirtámonos	convirtámoos	convirtámoslos, convirtámoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative convertid	dative	convertidme	not used	convertidle	convertidnos	convertíos	convertidles
with informal second-person plural imperative convertid	accusative	convertidme	not used	convertidlo, convertidla	convertidnos	convertíos	convertidlos, convertidlas

with formal second-person plural imperative conviertan	dative	conviértanme	not used	conviértanle	conviértannos	not used	conviértanles, conviértanse
with formal second-person plural imperative conviertan	accusative	conviértanme	not used	conviértanlo, conviértanla	conviértannos	not used	conviértanlos, conviértanlas, conviértanse

convertir

Catalan

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French

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Spanish

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