advertir

Borrowed from Latin advertere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir. First attested in the 15th century.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əd.bərˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əd.vərˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ad.veɾˈtiɾ]

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• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)
• Homophone: advertí

advertir (first-person singular present adverteixo, first-person singular preterite advertí, past participle advertit)

1. to warn
2. to notice something

• advertència
• advertiment

• “advertir”, 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
• “advertir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “advertir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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advertir

1. obsolete spelling of avertir

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-.

• advertissement

From Latin advertō.

advertir (first-person singular present advirto, third-person singular present advirte, first-person singular preterite advertín, past participle advertido)
advertir (first-person singular present advirto, third-person singular present adverte, first-person singular preterite advertim or adverti, past participle advertido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to admonish; to caution; to warn

   Synonym: prevenir

• “advertir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “advertir”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Inherited from Old French avertir.

advertir

1. to warn

• advertissement

Borrowed from Latin advertere, with change of conjugation.

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advertir (first-person singular present advirto, third-person singular present adverte, first-person singular preterite adverti, past participle advertido)

1. to admonish; to caution; to warn

   Synonym: prevenir

• “advertir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “advertir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Latin advertere.

• IPA^(key): /adbeɾˈtiɾ/ [að̞.β̞eɾˈt̪iɾ]

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• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: ad‧ver‧tir

advertir (first-person singular present advierto, first-person singular preterite advertí, past participle advertido)

1. (transitive) to warn [with direct object ‘someone’, along with de ‘of something’ or que (+ indicative clause) ‘that ...’ or que (+ subjunctive clause) ‘to do something’]

   Synonym: avisar

   Te advierto que no lo hagas otra vez.

   I'm warning you not to do it again.

   Le advertí del peligro.

   I warned him of the danger.

2. (transitive) to notice

   Synonyms: notar, reparar en

   Advertí algunos errores en su informe.

   I noticed some mistakes in his report.

• “advertir”, 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