vestir

From Latin vestīre.

• IPA^(key): /besˈti(ɾ)/
• Syllabification: ves‧tir
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

vestir

1. (transitive) to clothe, to dress (to put clothes on)
2. (reflexive) to put on; to get dressed
3. (transitive) to wear
4. (intransitive) to dress (to clothe oneself; to put on clothes)

• “vestir”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
• Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA)

From Latin vestīre.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bəsˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vəsˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [vesˈtiɾ]

vestir (first-person singular present vesteixo, first-person singular preterite vestí, past participle vestit)

1. (transitive) to clothe, to dress (to put clothes on)
2. (reflexive) to put on; to get dressed
3. (transitive) to wear
4. (intransitive) to dress (to clothe oneself; to put on clothes)

• vestidor

• “vestir”, 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
• “vestir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “vestir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “vestir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Galician-Portuguese vestir, from Latin vestiō.

• IPA^(key): /besˈtiɾ/, /bisˈtiɾ/

vestir (first-person singular present visto, third-person singular present viste, first-person singular preterite vestín, past participle vestido)
vestir (first-person singular present visto, third-person singular present veste, first-person singular preterite vestim or vesti, past participle vestido, reintegrationist norm)

1. (transitive) to wear

   Synonym: levar

2. (transitive) to dress, to clothe
3. (transitive) to coat

   Synonym: revestir

4. (pronominal) to get dressed

   Synonyms: poñer, por

5. (transitive) to dress [with direct object ‘someone’ and de ‘in some type of fabric or material’]

• vestiario
• vestido
• vestidor
• vestidura
• vestimenta

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “vestir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “vestir” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vestir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “vestir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vestir”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “vestir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vestir”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Old French vestir, from Latin vestīre.

vestir

1. to dress

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• French: vêtir

• vêtir on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

From Latin vestīre.

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vestir

1. (transitive) to dress

• Alibert, Louis (1965) Dictionnaire occitan - français : d'après les parlers languedociens (in French), Toulouse: Institut d' Etudes occitanes, →ISBN

From Latin vestīre.

vestir

1. to dress; to clothe

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• vesteure
• vestement

• Middle French: vestir
  • French: vêtir

From Old Galician-Portuguese vestir, from Latin vestiō.

• Homophone: vesti (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: ves‧tir

vestir (first-person singular present visto, third-person singular present veste, first-person singular preterite vesti, past participle vestido)

1. (transitive) to wear; to don (to have an item of clothing on oneself)

   A testemunha disse que o ladrão vestia um boné e uma camisa comprida.

   The witness said the thief wore a cap and a long shirt.

2. (transitive) to put on (to put an item of clothing on oneself)

   Vesti uma camiseta antes de sair.

   I put a T-shirt on before going out.

3. (pronominal) to get dressed (to put clothes on oneself)

   Vista-se logo senão nos atrasaremos.

   Get dressed fast otherwise we’ll be late.

4. (transitive) to dress; to clothe (to put clothes on someone)

   Ela vestiu o filho para que ele não passasse frio.

   She dressed her son so he wouldn’t be cold.

5. (transitive) to dress [with direct object ‘someone’ and de ‘in some type of fabric or material’]

   A empresária precisa estar vestida de seda.

   The businesswoman needs to be dressed in silk.

• (to don): trajar, usar
• (to put on): pôr

• vestimenta
• vestuário

Inherited from Latin vestiō. Cognate with English vest.

• IPA^(key): /besˈtiɾ/ [besˈt̪iɾ]

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• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: ves‧tir

vestir (first-person singular present visto, first-person singular preterite vestí, past participle vestido)

1. to dress, to clothe, to attire
2. to wear
3. to adorn, to bedeck, to embellish
4. to disguise, to cover up
5. to make clothes for, to dress
6. (reflexive) to get dressed
   • 1987, “Vístete”, in Bravo!, performed by Nacha Pop:

     Vístete, te sigo esperando blusa aquí, falda ya / Cálzate, pon cuero sobre seda negra / Vístete, aguantaré vístete, te sigo esperando

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• “vestir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

From Latin vestiō. Compare Italian vestire.

vestir

1. (transitive) to dress

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

• vestirse