envidar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin invitāre. Doublet of invitar, which was borrowed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /embiˈdaɾ/ [ẽm.biˈð̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧vi‧dar

Verb

envidar (first-person singular present envido, first-person singular preterite envidé, past participle envidado)

1. (obsolete) to invite

   Synonym: invitar

2. (card games) to bid

Conjugation

    Conjugation of envidar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			envidar
gerund			envidando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		envidado		envidada
		plural		envidados		envidadas
		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	envido	envidastú envidásvos	envida	envidamos	envidáis	envidan
	imperfect	envidaba	envidabas	envidaba	envidábamos	envidabais	envidaban
	preterite	envidé	envidaste	envidó	envidamos	envidasteis	envidaron
	future	envidaré	envidarás	envidará	envidaremos	envidaréis	envidarán
	conditional	envidaría	envidarías	envidaría	envidaríamos	envidaríais	envidarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	envide	envidestú envidésvos2	envide	envidemos	envidéis	enviden
	imperfect (ra)	envidara	envidaras	envidara	envidáramos	envidarais	envidaran
	imperfect (se)	envidase	envidases	envidase	envidásemos	envidaseis	envidasen
	future1	envidare	envidares	envidare	envidáremos	envidareis	envidaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		envidatú envidávos	envide	envidemos	envidad	enviden
	negative		no envides	no envide	no envidemos	no envidéis	no enviden

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

Related terms

• convidar
• envite

 

Further reading

• “envidar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16