Meanings (ES + gloss)
insumir • invertir
To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in.
The authors predicted that when believers were deeply invested in a world view that had social support, believers would maintain their beliefs even when actual events disproved the…
We'd like to thank all the contributors who have invested countless hours into this event.
insumir • inversionar • invertir
To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.
investir
To ceremonially install someone in some office.
asediar • sitiar
To lay siege to.
When she related that a band of fanatics, after robbing a church of all its silver-plate, and burning the adjacent vicarage, drunk with their success, had invested the Castle, and…
to invest a town
insumir • invertir
To make investments.
entregarse a • invertirse en • involucrarse emocionalmente en • ser devoto a
To cause to be involved in; to cause to form strong attachments to.
From early on in his career, Zola's work as a critic revealed just how heavily he was invested in the literary “dream of stone.”
She knew from watching him grow up that he didn't let that many people too close to him, but once he did, he was invested in that relationship.
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