investire
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verb
- to investto spend money, time, or energy on something and work
- to investto formally give power or authority to someone
- to crashinto), run over (in a car, etc.
- to assail
- to collide violentlywith an obstacle
Forms
Present
| I | investo |
|---|---|
| you | investi |
| he, she, it | investe |
| we | investiamo |
| you (plural) | investite |
| they | investono |
Imperfect
| I | investivo |
|---|---|
| you | investivi |
| he, she, it | investiva |
| we | investivamo |
| you (plural) | investivate |
| they | investivano |
Past historic
| I | investii |
|---|---|
| you | investisti |
| he, she, it | investì |
| we | investimmo |
| you (plural) | investiste |
| they | investirono |
Future
| I | investirò |
|---|---|
| you | investirai |
| he, she, it | investirà |
| we | investiremo |
| you (plural) | investirete |
| they | investiranno |
Conditional
| I | investirei |
|---|---|
| you | investiresti |
| he, she, it | investirebbe |
| we | investiremmo |
| you (plural) | investireste |
| they | investirebbero |
Subjunctive
| I | investa |
|---|---|
| you | investa |
| he, she, it | investa |
| we | investiamo |
| you (plural) | investiate |
| they | investano |
Imperfect subjunctive
| I | investissi |
|---|---|
| you | investissi |
| he, she, it | investisse |
| we | investissimo |
| you (plural) | investiste |
| they | investissero |
Imperative
| you | investi |
|---|---|
| he, she, it | investa |
| we | investiamo |
| you (plural) | investite |
| they | investano |
Other forms
| infinitive | investire |
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More forms are in the app.
Used in the library
- Nella torre bisogna investire prima che caschi.You have to invest in the tower before it falls.B1Di nuovo, per favore (7) — Again, please (7) (B1)
- Nel tetto bisogna investire prima che nella festa.You have to invest in the roof before the festival.B1Di nuovo, per favore (1) — Again, please (1) (B1)
- Nella fabbrica nessuno vuole investire, da vent'anni.Nobody wants to invest in the factory, for twenty years.B1Di nuovo, per favore (13) — Again, please (13) (B1)
Other ways to say it
- assalireto attack, assail; to savage
- colpireto hit, strike, smite; to affect
- impiegareto use, employ; to take (an amount of time)
- insediareto install (someone in office); to induct; to seat
- insignireto confer or grant (a title, honor, etc.)
- travolgereto sweep away; to run over
- urtareto hit or strike; to bump (into) or knock (against)