invasare
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]invasàre (first-person singular present invàso, first-person singular past historic invasài, past participle invasàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to possess, to seize (the soul, the mind) (of a feeling, passion, etc.)
- (transitive) to intoxicate, to infatuate (of an obsessive idea, etc.)
- (transitive, humorous or ironic) to seize, to inspire (of the Muses or similar poetic inspiration)
- (transitive) to possess (of the devil or an evil spirit)
- (transitive, figurative) to disturb, to cause to rage or rave, to cause to be delirious
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of invasàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From in- + vaso + -are. Compare to English envase, Spanish envasar, French envaser, Portuguese envazar.
Verb
[edit]invasàre (first-person singular present invàso, first-person singular past historic invasài, past participle invasàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to pot (a plant)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of invasàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- invasare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana