investire

See also: investiré

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin investīre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.vesˈti.re/
• Rhymes: -ire
• Hyphenation: in‧ve‧stì‧re

Verb

investìre (first-person singular present invèsto, first-person singular past historic investìi, past participle investìto, auxiliary avére or (intransitive in the nautical meaning) èssere)

1. (transitive, finance) to invest (to spend money, time, or energy on something and work)

   Synonym: impiegare

   investire denaro ― to invest money

2. (transitive) to invest (to formally give power or authority to someone)

   Synonyms: insediare, insignire

3. (transitive) to crash (into), run over (in a car, etc.)

   Synonyms: colpire, travolgere, urtare

   investire un pedone ― to run over a pedestrian

   Un automobile l'ha investito. ― He got run over by a car.

4. (transitive) to assail

   Synonym: assalire

5. (intransitive, nautical) to collide violently (with an obstacle) [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of investìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	investìre
auxiliary verb		avére, èssere1	gerund		investèndo
present participle		investènte	past participle		investìto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	invèsto	invèsti	invèste	investiàmo	investìte	invèstono
imperfect	investìvo	investìvi	investìva	investivàmo	investivàte	investìvano
past historic	investìi	investìsti	investì	investìmmo	investìste	investìrono
future	investirò	investirài	investirà	investirémo	investiréte	investirànno
conditional	investirèi	investirésti	investirèbbe, investirébbe	investirémmo	investiréste	investirèbbero, investirébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	invèsta	invèsta	invèsta	investiàmo	investiàte	invèstano
imperfect	investìssi	investìssi	investìsse	investìssimo	investìste	investìssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		invèsti	invèsta	investiàmo	investìte	invèstano
negative imperative		non investìre	non invèsta	non investiàmo	non investìte	non invèstano

¹Intransitive in the nautical meaning.

Related terms

• investimento
• investirsi
• investitore

Descendants

• → Spanish: embestir

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• reinvesti, reinvestì, risvenite, riveniste

Latin

Verb

investīre

1. inflection of investiō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Romanian

Etymology

From investi +‎ -re.

Noun

investire f (plural investiri)

1. investment

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	investire	investirea	investiri	investirile
genitive-dative	investiri	investirii	investiri	investirilor
vocative	investire, investireo		investirilor