Meaning
to invest, to run over
- to invest (money, time)
- to hit, run over (with a vehicle)
- to confer power or office on, invest with
- to crash into, strike
In a sentence
Voglio investire più tempo in questo progetto.
I want to invest more time in this project.
Ti hanno investito capo del team ieri?
Did they appoint you team leader yesterday?
Per poco non mi investiva sulle strisce.
He almost ran me over on the crosswalk.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| investire | infinitive |
| investiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| investo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| investite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| investi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| investono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| investe | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| investivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| investivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| investivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| investivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| investivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| investiva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| investimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| investii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| investiste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| investisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| investirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| investì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| investiremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| investirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| investirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| investirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| investiranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| investirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| investiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| investa | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| investiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| investa | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| investano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| investa | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| investissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| investissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| investiste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| investissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| investissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| investisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| investiremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| investirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| investireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| investiresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| investirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| investirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| investiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| investite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| investi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| investendo | gerund |
| investito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- For money/time/effort, use investire in: investire in un progetto, in formazione. English speakers often forget the preposition.
- In finance, investire is standard; spendere means simply spend, not necessarily with expected return.
- For traffic accidents, investire qualcuno means run someone over. It takes avere in compound tenses: ha investito un pedone.