invitar

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• IPA^(key): /imbiˈtaɾ/ [ĩm.biˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: in‧vi‧tar

invitar (first-person singular indicative present invito, past participle invitáu)

1. alternative form of envitar

   Synonym: convidar

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “invitar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “invitar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Borrowed from Latin invītāre. Compare convidar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [im.biˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [iɱ.viˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [iɱ.viˈtaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

invitar (first-person singular present invito, first-person singular preterite invití, past participle invitat)

1. to invite

   Synonym: convidar

• invitació

Borrowed from Esperanto inviti, English invite, French inviter, Italian invitare, Spanish invitar.

• IPA^(key): /inviˈtar/

invitar (present tense invitas, past tense invitis, future tense invitos, imperative invitez, conditional invitus)

1. (transitive) to invite

   Antonym: desinvitar

Borrowed from Latin invītāre.

• Hyphenation: in‧vi‧tar

invitar (first-person singular present invito, first-person singular preterite invitei, past participle invitado)

1. (rare) to invite

   Synonym: convidar (more common)

• “invitar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Latin invītāre. Compare the doublet envidar, from the same source, and also convidar, from a variant form. Cognate with English invite.

• IPA^(key): /imbiˈtaɾ/ [ĩm.biˈt̪aɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: in‧vi‧tar

invitar (first-person singular present invito, first-person singular preterite invité, past participle invitado)

1. to invite

   Synonym: convidar

2. to be on, to assume or take responsibility for paying

   A esta ronda invito yo.

   This round's on me.

• → Tagalog: imbita

• “invitar”, 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