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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɛst/
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• Australian: /ɪnˈvest/
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• rhymes with -ɛst
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Clipping of investigate.

Borrowed from Middle French investir or Medieval Latin investire, from Latin investio (“to clothe, cover”), from in- (“in, on”) + vestio (“to clothe, dress”), from vestis (“clothing”); see vest. The sense “to spend money etc.” probably via Italian investire, of the same root.

125 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: обличам (obličam) — to envelop, wrap, cover
• Bulgarian: обгръщам с (obgrǎštam s) — to envelop, wrap, cover
• Finnish: peittää — to envelop, wrap, cover
• Finnish: peitellä — to envelop, wrap, cover
• Portuguese: cobrir — to envelop, wrap, cover
• Russian: покрыва́ть (pokryvátʹ) — to envelop, wrap, cover
• Russian: покры́ть (pokrýtʹ) — to envelop, wrap, cover
• Arabic: اِسْتَثْمَرَ (istaṯmara) — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Armenian: ներդնել (nerdnel) — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Asturian: invertir — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Belarusian: інвестава́ць (invjestavácʹ) — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Bulgarian: инвестирам (investiram) — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Catalan: invertir — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Chinese Mandarin: 投資 /投资 (tóuzī) — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Chinese Mandarin: 投 (tóu) — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Czech: investovat — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Danish: investere — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Dutch: beleggen — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Esperanto: investi — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Finnish: sijoittaa — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Finnish: investoida — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• French: investir — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Galician: investir — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• German: investieren — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Hebrew: השקיע (hishkía) — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Hungarian: befektet — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Hungarian: beruház — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Hungarian: invesztál — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Indonesian: berinvestasi — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Italian: investire — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Japanese: 投資する (tōshi suru) — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Khmer: ធ្វើវិនិយោគ (thvəə viniyook) — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Korean: 투자하다 (tuja-hada) — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Latin: collocō — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Latvian: ieguldīt — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Malay: melabur — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Māori: whakangao — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Māori: whakangao moni — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Mongolian: хөрөнгө оруулах (xöröngö oruulax) — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Mongolian: бэл оруулах (bel oruulax) — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Mongolian: ᠬᠥᠷᠦᠩᠭᠡ ᠣᠷᠤᠭᠤᠯᠬᠤ (körüngge oruɣulqu) — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Mongolian: ᠪᠡᠯᠡ ᠣᠷᠤᠭᠤᠯᠬᠤ (bele oruɣulqu) — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Norwegian: investere — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Persian: سرمایهگذاری کردن (sarmâye-gozâri kardan) — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Polish: inwestować — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Polish: zainwestować — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Portuguese: investir — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Russian: инвести́ровать (investírovatʹ) — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Russian: вкла́дывать (vkládyvatʹ) — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Russian: вложи́ть (vložítʹ) — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Spanish: invertir — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Spanish: insumir — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Swahili: wekeza — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Swedish: investera — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Tagalog: mamuhunan — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Thai: ลงทุน (long-tun) — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Turkish: yatırım yapmak — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Ukrainian: інвестува́ти (investuváty) — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Ukrainian: вклада́ти (vkladáty) — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Ukrainian: вкла́сти (vklásty) — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Vietnamese: đầu tư — to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
• Armenian: ներդնել (nerdnel) — to spend money, time, and effort into something
• Bulgarian: влагам (vlagam) — to spend money, time, and effort into something
• Catalan: invertir — to spend money, time, and effort into something
• Chinese Mandarin: 耗費 /耗费 (hàofèi) — to spend money, time, and effort into something
• Chinese Mandarin: 投資 /投资 (tóuzī) — to spend money, time, and effort into something
• Chinese Mandarin: 投入 (tóurù) — to spend money, time, and effort into something
• Esperanto: investi — to spend money, time, and effort into something
• Finnish: panostaa — to spend money, time, and effort into something
• Finnish: käyttää — to spend money, time, and effort into something
• Finnish: satsata — to spend money, time, and effort into something
• French: investir — to spend money, time, and effort into something
• French: consacrer — to spend money, time, and effort into something
• German: investieren — to spend money, time, and effort into something
• Hungarian: befektet — to spend money, time, and effort into something
• Italian: investire — to spend money, time, and effort into something
• Japanese: 投入する (tōnyū suru) — to spend money, time, and effort into something
• Latin: collocō — to spend money, time, and effort into something
• Latvian: ieguldīt — to spend money, time, and effort into something
• Portuguese: investir — to spend money, time, and effort into something
• Russian: вкла́дывать (vkládyvatʹ) — to spend money, time, and effort into something
• Russian: вложи́ть (vložítʹ) — to spend money, time, and effort into something
• Spanish: invertir — to spend money, time, and effort into something
• Spanish: insumir — to spend money, time, and effort into something
• Swahili: wekeza — to spend money, time, and effort into something
• Swedish: investera — to spend money, time, and effort into something
• Thai: ลงทุน (long-tun) — to spend money, time, and effort into something
• Thai: ลงทุนลงแรง — to spend money, time, and effort into something
• Catalan: investir — to ceremonially install into office
• Finnish: nimittää — to ceremonially install into office
• French: investir — to ceremonially install into office
• Māori: whakaoati — to ceremonially install into office
• Portuguese: investir — to ceremonially install into office
• Spanish: investir — to ceremonially install into office
• Catalan: investir — to formally give power
• Finnish: valtuuttaa — to formally give power
• French: investir — to formally give power
• Portuguese: investir — to formally give power
• Russian: наделя́ть (nadeljátʹ) — to formally give power
• Russian: надели́ть (nadelítʹ) — to formally give power
• Spanish: investir — to formally give power
• Bulgarian: обсаждам (obsaždam) — to lay siege to
• Finnish: piirittää — to lay siege to
• French: investir — to lay siege to
• Latin: circumsedeo — to lay siege to
• Portuguese: cercar — to lay siege to
• Portuguese: sitiar — to lay siege to
• Portuguese: assediar — to lay siege to
• Bulgarian: инвестирам (investiram) — to make investments
• Catalan: invertir — to make investments
• Finnish: investoida — to make investments
• French: investir — to make investments
• German: investieren — to make investments
• Latvian: ieguldīt — to make investments
• Māori: whakangao — to make investments
• Portuguese: investir — to make investments
• Spanish: invertir — to make investments
• Spanish: insumir — to make investments
• Swahili: wekeza — to make investments
• Thai: ลงทุน (long-tun) — to make investments
• Finnish: kaavata — to create an investment mold
• Spanish: entregarse a — to be involved in; to form strong attachments to
• Spanish: involucrarse emocionalmente en — to be involved in; to form strong attachments to
• Spanish: invertirse en — to be involved in; to form strong attachments to
• Spanish: ser devoto a — to be involved in; to form strong attachments to