invasare
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
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
Conjugation of invasàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From in- + vaso + -are. Compare to English envase, Spanish envasar, French envaser, Portuguese envazar.
Verb
invasàre (first-person singular present invàso, first-person singular past historic invasài, past participle invasàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to pot (a plant)
Conjugation
Conjugation of invasàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
Further reading
- invasare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana