investe

Investe is a Portuguese verb form that appears as the third-person singular present indicative of investir, meaning to invest. It is used to say that someone (he, she, or you in the polite form through você) invests money, time, or other resources. Examples include Ele investe dinheiro na empresa (He invests money in the company) and Você investe tempo no estudo (You invest time in study).

Etymology and cognates: The verb investir derives from Latin investire, meaning to clothe or equip, and by extension to confer authority or resources. The modern sense of committing funds or resources to a project or venture developed in the Romance languages and is cognate with the English verb invest and the noun investment.

Usage and construction: Investir is commonly followed by direct objects indicating what is invested, such as dinheiro (money), tempo (time), esforço (effort), or recursos (resources). A frequent construction is investir em [algo], as in investir em ações (invest in stocks) or investir em um projeto (invest in a project). The related noun forms include investimento (investment) and investidor (investor).

Regional notes: In Brazilian Portuguese, the pronoun você uses a conjugation that aligns with the third-person form, making investe widely used for both he/she and you in formal contexts. In European Portuguese, informal second-person singular forms may appear as invistes or investment variations depending on regional usage.

See also: invest, investment, investor, investimento.