What does «invertido» mean in Spanish?
- Homosexual. Having sexual affinity for persons of the same sex.
Examples of use in Spanish: "aquel tipo es un invertido".
"el escritor Marcel Proust en sus escritos llamaba «invertido» al homosexual varón".
- Of position, sense, direction or order contrary to the typical or initial one.
Examples of use in Spanish: "es una cruz invertida".
"las respuestas están mal, fueron invertidas".
- The amount of money, time or effort that has been spent on something.
Examples of use in Spanish: "debemos recuperar el dinero invertido".
- (mapa invertido) In Geography, world map where Australia and South America are shown at the top of the map instead of the typical bottom.
- (azúcar invertido) In gastronomy, sugar characterized by its high sweetening power that is formed by a chemical reaction of acid hydrolysis or enzymatic inversion, where sucrose (common table sugar) is broken down into its basic constituent elements: glucose and fructose. For example, when preparing jellies or jams, when sugar is mixed with lemon acid, sugar inversion occurs.
- (Espectro invertido)