intervenir

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intervenīre (intervene). Cf. also the archaic and dialectal form entrevenir, which may have been inherited.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [in.tər.bəˈni]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [in.tər.vəˈni]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [in.teɾ.veˈniɾ]
  • Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

intervenir (first-person singular present intervinc, first-person singular preterite intervinguí, past participle intervingut); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

  1. to intervene

Conjugation

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French intervenir (attested since 1475), borrowed from Latin intervenīre (intervene). Compare also Old French entrevenir, which may have been inherited or a composition with venir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.niʁ/
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  • Hyphenation: in‧ter‧ve‧nir

Verb

intervenir

  1. to intervene
  2. to take part
    Synonym: prendre part

Conjugation

  • This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -venir, such as convenir and devenir, are conjugated this way. Such verbs are the only verbs whose the past historic and subjunctive imperfect endings do not start in one of these thematic vowels (-a-, -i-, -u-).

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intervenīre (intervene). Cf. also the archaic form entrevenir, which may have been inherited.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inteɾbeˈniɾ/ [ĩn̪.t̪eɾ.β̞eˈniɾ]
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: in‧ter‧ve‧nir

Verb

intervenir (first-person singular present intervengo, first-person singular preterite intervine, past participle intervenido)

  1. to intervene
  2. to participate
    Synonyms: participar, tomar parte, ter parte

Conjugation

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