vestir

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin vestiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bəsˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vəsˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [vesˈtiɾ]

Verb

vestir (first-person singular present vesteixo, first-person singular preterite vestí, past participle vestit)

1. (transitive) to clothe, to dress (to put clothes on)
2. (reflexive) to put on; to get dressed
3. (transitive) to wear
4. (intransitive) to dress (to clothe oneself; to put on clothes)

Related terms

• envestir
• revestir
• vestidura
• vestiment
• vestit
• vestuari

 

Further reading

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

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese vestir, from Latin vestīre, present active indicative of vestiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /besˈtiɾ/, /bisˈtiɾ/

Verb

1. (transitive) to wear

   Synonym: levar

2. (transitive) to dress, to clothe
3. (transitive) to coat

   Synonym: revestir

4. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get dressed

   Synonyms: poñer, por

5. (ditransitive, with the indirect object taking de) to dress someone or get dressed with a given type of fabric or material

Derived terms

• vestiario
• vestido
• vestidor
• vestidura
• vestimenta

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• “vestir” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “vestir” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin vestīre, present active indicative of vestiō

Verb

vestir

1. to dress; to clothe

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of vestir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		vestir			avoir vesti, vestu
gerund		en vestant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		vestant
past participle		vesti, vestu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	vest	vez	vest	vestons	vestez	vestent
	imperfect	vestoie, vesteie	vestoies, vesteies	vestoit, vesteit	vestiiens, vestiens	vestiiez, vestiez	vestoient, vesteient
	preterite	vesti	vestis	vesti	vestimes	vestistes	vestirent
	future	vestirai	vestiras	vestira	vestirons	vestiroiz, vestireiz, vestirez	vestiront
	conditional	vestiroie, vestireie	vestiroies, vestireies	vestiroit, vestireit	vestiriiens, vestiriens	vestiriiez, vestiriez	vestiroient, vestireient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	veste	vestes	veste	vestons	vestez	vestent
	imperfect	vestisse	vestisses	vestist	vestissons, vestissiens	vestissoiz, vestissez, vestissiez	vestissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	vest	—	vestons	vestez	—

Related terms

• vesteure
• vestement

Descendants

• French: vêtir

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese vestir, from Latin vestīre, present active indicative of vestiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɨʃ.ˈtiɾ/
• IPA^(key): /ves.ˈtʃi(ʁ)/, /vis.ˈtʃi(ʁ)/

Verb

1. (transitive) to wear; to don (to have an item of clothing on oneself)

   A testemunha disse que o ladrão vestia um boné e uma camisa comprida.

   The witness said the thief wore a cap and a long shirt.

2. (transitive) to put on (to put an item of clothing on oneself)

   Vesti uma camiseta antes de sair.

   I put a T-shirt on before going out.

3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get dressed (to put clothes on oneself)

   Vista-se logo senão nos atrasaremos.

   Get dressed fast otherwise we’ll be late.

4. (transitive) to dress; to clothe (to put clothes on someone)

   Ela vestiu o filho para que ele não passasse frio.

   She dressed her son so he wouldn’t be cold.

5. (ditransitive, with the indirect object taking de) to dress someone with a given type of fabric or material

   A empresária precisa estar vestida de seda.

   The businesswoman needs to be dressed in silk.

Synonyms

• (to don): trajar, usar
• (to put on): pôr

Related terms

• vestimenta
• vestuário

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Spanish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Latin vestīre, present active indicative of vestiō. Cognate with English vest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /besˈtiɾ/ [besˈt̪iɾ]

Verb

1. to dress, to clothe, to attire
2. to wear
3. to adorn, to bedeck, to embellish
4. to disguise, to cover up
5. to make clothes for, to dress

Derived terms

• aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda
• quedarse para vestir santos

 

Related terms

• vestirse
• vestido

Further reading

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

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Venetian

Etymology

From Latin vestīre, present active indicative of vestiō. Compare Italian vestire.

Verb

vestir

1. (transitive) to dress

Conjugation

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of vestir (third conjugation)

infinitive	vestir
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		vesténdo
past participle		vestito, vestìo
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	vestiso	(te) vestisi	(el/ła) vestise	vestimo	vestì	(i/łe) vestise
imperfect	vestìa	(te) vestivi	(el/ła) vestìa	vestìvimo	vestivi	(i/łe) vestìa
future	vestirò	(te) vestirè	(el/ła) vestirà	vestirémo	vestirè	(i/łe) vestirà
conditional	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	vestirìa	(te) vestirisi	(el/ła) vestirìa	vestirìsimo	vestirisi	(i/łe) vestirìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	vestisa	(te) vestisi	(el/ła) vestisa	vestimo	vestì	(i/łe) vestisa
imperfect	vestise	(te) vestisi	(el/ła) vestise	vestisimo	vestisi	(i/łe) vestise
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) vestisi	(el/ła) vestisa	vestimo	vestì	(i/łe) vestisa

Related terms

• vestirse