invito

See also: invitó and invitò

Asturian

Verb

invito

1. first-person singular present indicative of invitar

Catalan

Verb

invito

1. first-person singular present indicative of invitar

Esperanto

Etymology

From inviti +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈvito/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: in‧vi‧to

Noun

invito (accusative singular inviton, plural invitoj, accusative plural invitojn)

1. invitation

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈvi.to/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ito
• Hyphenation: in‧vì‧to

Etymology 1

Deverbal from invitare.

Noun

invito m (plural inviti)

1. invitation
2. request, call
3. (engineering) bevelled or chamfered hole

Synonyms

• richiesta

Related terms

• invitare

Descendants

• → Neapolitan: 'mmito

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

invito

1. first-person singular present indicative of invitare

Anagrams

• vitino

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪnˈwiː.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iɱˈviː.to]

Etymology 1

Uncertain:

• Some connect the word with invocō (“to invoke”), as if some kind of frequentative form;
• Some derive the word from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-to- (“pursued”), from *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue”).

Verb

invītō (present infinitive invītāre, perfect active invītāvī, supine invītātum); first conjugation

1. to invite, summon

   Synonyms: prōvocō, advocō, ēvocō, invocō, cito, arcesso, excio, accio

   Saepe amīcōs bonōs invītō ― I often invite good friends

2. to lure

   Synonyms: illiciō, alliciō, persuādeō, sēducō

   • c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Virgil, Georgics 4.109–111:

     Invitent croceis [apes] halantes floribus horti
     Et custos furum atque avium cum falce saligna
     Hellespontiaci servet tutela Priapi.

     May gardens bright, fragrant with flower, lure them [the bees] and Hellespontian Priap with his willow scythe the robbing bee and the birds keep away.

3. to challenge

Conjugation

   Conjugation of invītō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	invītō		invītās		invītat		invītāmus		invītātis		invītant
	imperfect	invītābam		invītābās		invītābat		invītābāmus		invītābātis		invītābant
	future	invītābō		invītābis		invītābit		invītābimus		invītābitis		invītābunt
	perfect	invītāvī		invītāvistī		invītāvit		invītāvimus		invītāvistis		invītāvērunt, invītāvēre
	pluperfect	invītāveram		invītāverās		invītāverat		invītāverāmus		invītāverātis		invītāverant
	future perfect	invītāverō		invītāveris		invītāverit		invītāverimus		invītāveritis		invītāverint
	sigmatic future1	invītāssō		invītāssis		invītāssit		invītāssimus		invītāssitis		invītāssint
passive	present	invītor		invītāris, invītāre		invītātur		invītāmur		invītāminī		invītantur
	imperfect	invītābar		invītābāris, invītābāre		invītābātur		invītābāmur		invītābāminī		invītābantur
	future	invītābor		invītāberis, invītābere		invītābitur		invītābimur		invītābiminī		invītābuntur
	perfect	invītātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	invītātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	invītātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	invītem		invītēs		invītet		invītēmus		invītētis		invītent
	imperfect	invītārem		invītārēs		invītāret		invītārēmus		invītārētis		invītārent
	perfect	invītāverim		invītāverīs		invītāverit		invītāverīmus		invītāverītis		invītāverint
	pluperfect	invītāvissem		invītāvissēs		invītāvisset		invītāvissēmus		invītāvissētis		invītāvissent
	sigmatic aorist1	invītāssim		invītāssīs		invītāssīt		invītāssīmus		invītāssītis		invītāssint
passive	present	invīter		invītēris, invītēre		invītētur		invītēmur		invītēminī		invītentur
	imperfect	invītārer		invītārēris, invītārēre		invītārētur		invītārēmur		invītārēminī		invītārentur
	perfect	invītātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	invītātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		invītā		—		—		invītāte		—
	future	—		invītātō		invītātō		—		invītātōte		invītantō
passive	present	—		invītāre		—		—		invītāminī		—
	future	—		invītātor		invītātor		—		—		invītantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		invītāre			invītārī			invītāns			—
future		invītātūrum esse			invītātum īrī			invītātūrus			invītandus
perfect		invītāvisse			invītātum esse			—			invītātus
future perfect		—			invītātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		invītātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		invītandī		invītandō		invītandum		invītandō		invītātum		invītātū

¹At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

Derived terms

• invītātiō

Descendants

• Balkano-Romance:
  • Romanian: învita
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: invitare, immitare (Central)
  • Neapolitan: mmetare, mittare
  • Sicilian: mmitari
  • Venetan: invidar, invitar
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: invidâ
  • Romansh: envidar, anvidar, invidar, invider
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: envidar
  • Old French: envier
    • → Middle English: envien
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Galician: envidar
  • Portuguese: envidar
  • Spanish: envidar

Borrowings:

• → Asturian: invitar, envitar
• → Albanian: ftoj
• → Catalan: invitar
• → Danish: invitere
• → Galician: invitar
• → Middle French: inviter (see there for further descendants)
• → Norwegian: invitere, invitera
• → Portuguese: invitar
• → Spanish: invitar
• → Swedish: invitera

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

invītō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of invītus

References

• “invito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “invito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “invito”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to invite some one to dinner: aliquem vocare, invitare ad cenam
    
  • to invite some one to one's house: invitare aliquem tecto ac domo or domum suam (Liv. 3. 14. 5)
    

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin invitus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈvi.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈvi.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈvi.to/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈvi.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈvi.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈbi.tu/

• Hyphenation: in‧vi‧to

Adjective

invito (feminine invita, masculine plural invitos, feminine plural invitas)

1. unwilling; forced

   Synonyms: forçado, constrangido

Verb

invito

1. first-person singular present indicative of invitar

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imˈbito/ [ĩmˈbi.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: in‧vi‧to

Adjective

invito (feminine invita, masculine plural invitos, feminine plural invitas)

1. (obsolete) invictus

   Synonym: invicto

Verb

invito

1. first-person singular present indicative of invitar

Further reading

• “invito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025