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convertir

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin convertere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

Pronunciation

Verb

convertir (first-person singular present converteixo, first-person singular preterite convertí, past participle convertit)

  1. to convert
  2. (reflexive) to become

Conjugation

    Conjugation of convertir (third conjugation, with -eix-)
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French

Etymology

From Old French convertir, from Latin convertō.

Pronunciation

Verb

convertir

  1. to convert (change one thing into another)
  2. to convert (exchange one thing into another)
  3. to convert (to change someone's beliefs)
  4. to convert; to bring around (to change someone's mind or opinion)
  5. (reflexive) to become; to change into
  6. (reflexive) to convert (+ à = to)
    Elle s'est convertie à l'islam.
    She converted to Islam.

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

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

Etymology

    From Latin convertō.

    Verb

    convertir

    1. to convert (change from one state to another)

    Conjugation

    This verb conjugates as a third-group or second-group verb (ending in -ir, without or with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

        Conjugation of convertir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
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    Descendants

    • → Middle English: converten
    • French: convertir
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    Spanish

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Latin convertō.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kombeɾˈtiɾ/ [kõm.beɾˈt̪iɾ]
    • Rhymes: -iɾ
    • Syllabification: con‧ver‧tir

    Verb

    convertir (first-person singular present convierto, first-person singular preterite convertí, past participle convertido)

    1. (transitive) to convert
      • 2022 June 3, Sandee LaMotte, “El efecto 'Benjamin Button': científicos logran revertir el envejecimiento en ratones. El objetivo es hacer lo mismo con los humanos”, in CNN en Español‎:
        Ahora él quiere cambiar el mundo y convertir el envejecimiento en una enfermedad”, dijo Whitney Casey, una inversionista que se asoció con Sinclair para crear una prueba de edad biológica casera. […] Sinclair también toma 1 gramo de NMN, o mononucleótido de nicotinamida, que en el cuerpo se convierte en NAD+, o dinucleótido de nicotinamida y adenina.
        Now he wants to change the world and turn aging into a disease," said Whitney Casey, an investor who partnered with Sinclair to create a home biological age test. […] Sinclair also takes 1 gram of NMN, or nicotinamide mononucleotide, which the body converts into NAD+, or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide.
    2. (transitive) to turn
    3. (transitive) to transform
      Synonym: transformar
    4. (reflexive) [with en ‘something’] to become, get, turn into, transform
      Synonym: tornarse
      Se nos convirtió en un blanco.
      We were turned into a target

    Usage notes

    Conjugation

        Conjugation of convertir (e-ie-i alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
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    1Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
    2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

        Selected combined forms of convertir (e-ie-i alternation)

    These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

    More information singular, plural ...

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