inverso

Galician

Etymology

From Latin inversus.

Adjective

inverso (feminine inversa, masculine plural inversos, feminine plural inversas)

1. inverse, opposite, reciprocal

Related terms

• inverter

Further reading

• “inverso”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Istriot

Preposition

inverso

1. towards (to a direction or place)
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 40:

     Vuoltite biunduleîna inverso lai,

     Turn around towards this place, little blonde,

Italian

Etymology

From Latin inversus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈvɛr.so/
• Rhymes: -ɛrso
• Hyphenation: in‧vèr‧so

Adjective

inverso (feminine inversa, masculine plural inversi, feminine plural inverse)

1. reverse, inverted, opposite, contrary, inverse, upside down

   Synonyms: invertito, opposto, contrario

Noun

inverso m (plural inversi)

1. the opposite, the contrary
2. (arithmetic) reciprocal

Synonyms

• opposto, contrario

Related terms

• inversamente
• inversivo
• inversione
• invertire

Anagrams

• nervosi, nevrosi, svinerò, versino, vinsero

Latin

Etymology 1

Participle

inversō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of inversus

Etymology 2

From in- (“against / (intensifier)”) +‎ versō, or alternatively, from invertō (“invert, turn upside down, upset”) +‎ -tō (frequentative suffix).

Verb

inversō (present infinitive inversāre, perfect active inversāvī, supine inversātum); first conjugation

1. to invert

Conjugation

   Conjugation of inversō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	inversō	inversās	inversat	inversāmus	inversātis	inversant
	imperfect	inversābam	inversābās	inversābat	inversābāmus	inversābātis	inversābant
	future	inversābō	inversābis	inversābit	inversābimus	inversābitis	inversābunt
	perfect	inversāvī	inversāvistī	inversāvit	inversāvimus	inversāvistis	inversāvērunt, inversāvēre
	pluperfect	inversāveram	inversāverās	inversāverat	inversāverāmus	inversāverātis	inversāverant
	future perfect	inversāverō	inversāveris	inversāverit	inversāverimus	inversāveritis	inversāverint
passive	present	inversor	inversāris, inversāre	inversātur	inversāmur	inversāminī	inversantur
	imperfect	inversābar	inversābāris, inversābāre	inversābātur	inversābāmur	inversābāminī	inversābantur
	future	inversābor	inversāberis, inversābere	inversābitur	inversābimur	inversābiminī	inversābuntur
	perfect	inversātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	inversātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	inversātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	inversem	inversēs	inverset	inversēmus	inversētis	inversent
	imperfect	inversārem	inversārēs	inversāret	inversārēmus	inversārētis	inversārent
	perfect	inversāverim	inversāverīs	inversāverit	inversāverīmus	inversāverītis	inversāverint
	pluperfect	inversāvissem	inversāvissēs	inversāvisset	inversāvissēmus	inversāvissētis	inversāvissent
passive	present	inverser	inversēris, inversēre	inversētur	inversēmur	inversēminī	inversentur
	imperfect	inversārer	inversārēris, inversārēre	inversārētur	inversārēmur	inversārēminī	inversārentur
	perfect	inversātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	inversātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	inversā	—	—	inversāte	—
	future	—	inversātō	inversātō	—	inversātōte	inversantō
passive	present	—	inversāre	—	—	inversāminī	—
	future	—	inversātor	inversātor	—	—	inversantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		inversāre	inversāvisse	inversātūrum esse	inversārī	inversātum esse	inversātum īrī
participles		inversāns	—	inversātūrus	—	inversātus	inversandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		inversandī	inversandō	inversandum	inversandō	inversātum	inversātū

Descendants

• French: inverser

References

• “inverso” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inversus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈvɛʁ.su/ [ĩˈvɛh.su]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈvɛʁ.su/ [ĩˈvɛh.su]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩˈvɛɾ.su/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩˈvɛʁ.su/ [ĩˈvɛχ.su]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈvɛɻ.so/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈvɛɾ.su/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈvɛɾ.su/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈbɛɾ.su/

• Hyphenation: in‧ver‧so

Adjective

inverso (feminine inversa, masculine plural inversos, feminine plural inversas)

1. inverse; opposite

Related terms

• inverter

Further reading

• “inverso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin inversus, perfect passive perticiple of invertō (“turn upside down”). Doublet of anverso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imˈbeɾso/ [ĩmˈbeɾ.so]
• Rhymes: -eɾso
• Syllabification: in‧ver‧so

Adjective

inverso (feminine inversa, masculine plural inversos, feminine plural inversas)

1. inverted, reverse
2. opposite

   Synonym: opuesto

Derived terms

• matriz inversa
• psicología inversa

 

Related terms

• invertir

 

Further reading

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