vestir

/besˈtiɾ/ · A2 · verb

to wear

👗🦺 vestir = put on a VEST; same Latin root as vest and vestment

From Latin vestire, to clothe, from vestis, garment. English kept the root in vest, vestment, invest and divest (literally to un-clothe). Spanish v sounds like b, so say bes-TEER.

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