convertir
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin convertere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [kum.bərˈti]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [koɱ.vərˈti]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [koɱ.veɾˈtiɾ]
- IPA(key): (Northwestern) [kom.berˈti]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)
Verb
[edit]convertir (first-person singular present converteixo, first-person singular preterite convertí, past participle convertit)
Conjugation
[edit] Central Catalan conjugation of convertir (third conjugation, with -eix-)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “convertir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “convertir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “convertir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “convertir”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French convertir, from Latin convertō.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tiʁ/
Audio: (file) Audio (France (Toulouse)): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Lyon)): (file) Audio (France (Somain)): (file)
Verb
[edit]convertir
- to convert (change one thing into another)
- to convert (exchange one thing into another)
- to convert (to change someone's beliefs)
- to convert; to bring around (to change someone's mind or opinion)
- (reflexive) to become; to change into
- (reflexive) to convert (+ à = to)
- Elle s'est convertie à l'islam.
- She converted to Islam.
Conjugation
[edit]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)
| infinitive | simple | convertir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | convertissant /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | converti /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | convertis /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti/ |
convertis /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti/ |
convertit /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti/ |
convertissons /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sɔ̃/ |
convertissez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.se/ |
convertissent /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tis/ |
| imperfect | convertissais /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sɛ/ |
convertissais /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sɛ/ |
convertissait /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sɛ/ |
convertissions /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
convertissiez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sje/ |
convertissaient /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | convertis /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti/ |
convertis /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti/ |
convertit /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti/ |
convertîmes /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tim/ |
convertîtes /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tit/ |
convertirent /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tiʁ/ | |
| future | convertirai /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁe/ |
convertiras /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁa/ |
convertira /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁa/ |
convertirons /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ |
convertirez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁe/ |
convertiront /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | convertirais /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɛ/ |
convertirais /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɛ/ |
convertirait /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɛ/ |
convertirions /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ |
convertiriez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁje/ |
convertiraient /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | convertisse /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tis/ |
convertisses /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tis/ |
convertisse /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tis/ |
convertissions /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
convertissiez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sje/ |
convertissent /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tis/ |
| imperfect2 | convertisse /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tis/ |
convertisses /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tis/ |
convertît /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti/ |
convertissions /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
convertissiez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sje/ |
convertissent /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | convertis /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti/ |
— | convertissons /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.sɔ̃/ |
convertissez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.se/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “convertir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]convertir
- to convert (change from one state to another)
Conjugation
[edit]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)
Descendants
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]convertir (first-person singular present convierto, first-person singular preterite convertí, past participle convertido)
- (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[1]:
- 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.
- (transitive) to turn
- (transitive) to transform
- Synonym: transformar
- (reflexive) [with en ‘something’] to become, get, turn into, transform
- Synonym: tornarse
- Se nos convirtió en un blanco.
- We were turned into a target. (impersonal refleja)
Usage notes
[edit]- Hacerse, convertirse en, ponerse, quedar(se), volverse, and pasar a ser/estar can all be translated with English become. Here is how to use them:
- La empresa se hizo muy conocida en los últimos meses. (Es muy conocida.)
- The company became very well-known in the last few months. (It is very well-known.)
- Él se hizo bombero. (Es bombero.)
- He became a firefighter. (He is a firefighter.)
- La canción se convirtió en uno de los mayores éxitos de la historia. (Es uno de los mayores éxitos.)
- The song became one of the biggest hits in history. (It is one of the biggest hits.)
- On the other hand, ponerse and quedar(se) are used with adjectives that use estar. Quedar(se) focuses more on the result of something:
- Me quedé calvo. (calvo is an adjective here) ― I got bald (due to old age, etc.).
- Me puse calvo. ― I shaved my head.
- Me quedé rojo.
- I turned red/blushed (puts more emphasis on the fact that it's a result of something, practically interchangeable with "me puse rojo").
- Me puse rojo.
- I turned red/blushed. (almost synonymous, could theoretically also be used if you could consciously blush)
- Me quedé contento. ― I got happy (as a result of that, sounds more like a reaction).
- Me puse contento. ― I got happy (sounds more voluntary).
- Volverse and pasar a ser/estar are synonymous with all of these verbs and can in theory be used with any word:
- El fútbol no se volvió muy popular en Estados Unidos. (No es muy popular.)
- Football/soccer didn't become very popular in the United States. (It is not very popular.)
- Mi hermano se volvió doctor. (Es doctor.)
- Mi brother became a doctor. (He is a doctor.)
- El cantante se volvió un loco antivaxxer. (loco is a noun meaning crazy person which uses ser)
- The singer turned into a crazy antivaxxer.
- Me dio vergüenza hablar y me volví rojo (adjective with estar).
- I was too embarrassed to speak and blushed.
- Mi hija se volvió muy lista a los 10 años. (listo is an adjective with ser)
- My daughter got really smart when she was 10.
- Hacer, convertir en, poner, and volver can also be used transitively with a sense of "turn something into something else" or "make something (adjective)".
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of convertir (e-ie-i alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
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.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “convertir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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