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pervertir

pervertir

French

Verb

pervertir

  1. to worsen; to corrupt

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.


Old French

Etymology

Latin pervertō

Verb

pervertir

  1. (transitive) to lead astray
  2. (intransitive) to be led astray

Descendants


Spanish

Etymology

Latin pervertō

Verb

pervertir (first-person singular present pervierto, first-person singular preterite pervertí, past participle pervertido)

  1. to pervert, lead astray, garble, corrupt

Conjugation

  • Rule: e becomes a ie in stressed syllables and i in certain conjugations.