Meaning
to reverse, swap
- to reverse (direction, order, course, or process)
- to swap, interchange, or switch places
In a sentence
L'automobilista ha dovuto invertire il senso di marcia per tornare indietro.
The driver had to reverse direction to go back.
Abbiamo invertito i due paragrafi per dare più chiarezza al testo.
We swapped the two paragraphs to give more clarity to the text.
Le nuove riforme riusciranno a invertire questo calo economico?
Will the new reforms succeed in reversing this economic decline?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| invertire | infinitive |
| inverto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| inverti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| inverte | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| invertiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| invertite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| invertono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| invertivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| invertivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| invertiva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| invertivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| invertivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| invertivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| invertii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| invertisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| invertì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| invertimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| invertiste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| invertirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| invertirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| invertirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| invertirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| invertiremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| invertirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| invertiranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| inverta | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| inverta | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| inverta | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| invertiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| invertiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| invertano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| invertissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| invertissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| invertisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| invertissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| invertiste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| invertissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| invertirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| invertiresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| invertirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| invertiremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| invertireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| invertirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| inverti | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| invertiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| invertite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| invertendo | gerund |
| invertito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes 'avere' as auxiliary.
- Unlike many '-ire' verbs, it conjugates regularly without '-isc-' in standard modern Italian: 'inverto', 'inverti'.