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A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
transitive verb 1. (to request the presence of)
a. to invite Voy a invitar a toda mi familia a mi fiesta de cumpleaños. I'm inviting my whole family to my birthday party.
2. (to pay)
a. to buy Deje que le invite a una cerveza. Let me buy you a beer.
b. to take out No es mi novia. Solo la invité a cenar. She's not my girlfriend. I just took her out to dinner.
3. (to attract)
a. to entice El ambiente de ese bar invita a bailar. The atmosphere of that bar entices you to dance.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
intransitive verb 4. (to pay)
a. to pay Pide lo que quieras. Invita la empresa. Order what you like. The company's paying.
b. to buy No te preocupes por la cuenta que invito yo. Don't worry about the bill; I'm buying.
c.
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation Tomen algo. Invitamos nosotros. Have a drink. It's on us.
Guarda el dinero. Invito yo. Put your money away. It's my treat.
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A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
transitive verb 1. (convidar)
a. invitar a alguien (a algo/a hacer algo) to invite somebody (to something/to do something)
me han invitado a una fiesta I've been invited to a party
me invitó a entrar she asked me in
2. (pagar)
a. te invito it's my treat, this one's on me
invitar a alguien a algo to buy somebody something
me invitó a una cerveza he bought me a beer
te invito a cenar fuera I'll take you out for dinner
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
intransitive verb 3. (pagar)
a. to pay invito yo it's my treat, this one's on me
invita la casa it's on the house
4. (incitar)
a. invitar a algo to encourage something
este sol invita a salir the sun makes you want to go out
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invitar
transitive verb
1 (gen) to invite me invitó al cine she invited me to the cinema; me invitó a Marbella she invited me to go to Marbella; invito yo it's on me; os invito a una cerveza I'll buy o stand you all a beer; nos invitó a cenar (fuera) she took us out for a meal; dio las gracias a los que lo habían invitado he thanked his hosts
2 (incitar) to invite invitar a algn a hacer algo to invite sb to do sth; (exhortando) to call on sb to do sth; invitar a algn a la violencia to incite sb to violence
Un sacerdote que invita a la violencia es un mal sacerdote
3 (atraer) to entice una frase que invita a comprar a slogan which entices you to buy
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