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invertir

to invest

verb een-behr-TEER Less Common

Also means

to reverse

Usage Note

Invertir is an e>ie/i stem-changing verb (third conjugation). It means both to invest money (invertir en bolsa) and to invert or reverse something (invertir el orden). The noun for investment is inversión and the investor is inversor/inversora. Do not confuse with inventar (to invent) — the similar spelling trips up learners.

Examples

"Decidió invertir en acciones."

Natural Translation

She decided to invest in shares.

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