convertir

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin convertō.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

1. to convert
2. (reflexive) to become

Related terms

• conversió
• convertible

Further reading

• “convertir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “convertir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “convertir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “convertir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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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

1. to convert (change one thing into another)
2. to convert (exchange one thing into another)
3. to convert (to change someone's beliefs)
4. to convert; to bring around (to change someone's mind or opinion)
5. (reflexive) To become; to change into
6. (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	simple	convertir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	convertissant /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sɑ̃/
	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/
	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
	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).

Related terms

• conversion
• convertisseur

Further reading

• “convertir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin convertō.

Verb

convertir

1. to convert (change from one state to another)

Descendants

• → English: convert
• French: convertir

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• convertirse (reflexive)

Etymology

From Latin convertō.

Verb

1. (transitive) to convert
2. (transitive) to turn
3. (transitive) to transform

Related terms

• conversión
• convertible
• verter

Further reading

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