investir
Portuguese, verb/ĩ.vesˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/
investir is spelled I-N-V-E-S-T-I-R (8 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,280th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Investir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to invest (commit money or effort)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “empossar num cargo”.
What does investir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to invest (commit money or effort)
- 2
to charge (move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat)
- 3
to invest (ceremonially install someone in some office)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. empossar num cargo 2. assaltar 3. aplicar fundos destinados à obtenção de um determinado rendimento, resultado ou lucro 4. acometer contra
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of investir
- invisto first-person present singular
- investe present singular third-person
- investi first-person preterite singular
- investido participle past
- i-e alternation
- investires infinitive second-person singular
- investirmos first-person infinitive plural
- investirdes infinitive plural second-person
- investirem infinitive plural third-person
- investindo gerund
- investidos masculine participle past
- investida feminine participle past
- investidas feminine participle past
- investes indicative present second-person
- investimos first-person indicative plural
- investis indicative plural present
- investem indicative plural present
- investia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce investir?
- Brazil /ĩ.vesˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ĩ.vesˈt͡ʃi(h)]
- /ĩ.vesˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to investir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is investir in Portuguese?
investir appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).