investimento

Italian

Etymology

From investire +‎ -mento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.ves.tiˈmen.to/
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: in‧ve‧sti‧mén‧to

Noun

investimento m (plural investimenti)

1. investment
2. crash, running over, knocking down

Related terms

• investitore

Further reading

• “investimento”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *wes-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *wéstis

Proto-Italic *westis

Latin vestis

Proto-Indo-European *-yétider.

Latin -iō

Latin vestiō

Latin investīrebor.

Portuguese investir

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Old Galician-Portuguese -mento

Portuguese -mento

Portuguese investimento

From investir + -mento.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ves.t͡ʃiˈmẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ves.t͡ʃiˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.veʃ.t͡ʃiˈmẽ.tu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.vɨʃ.tiˈmẽ.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.vɨʃ.tiˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.bɨʃ.tiˈmẽ.tu/

• Rhymes: -ẽtu
• Hyphenation: in‧ves‧ti‧men‧to

Noun

investimento m (plural investimentos)

1. investment (act of investing)
2. (finance) investment (placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use)

Further reading

• “investimento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026