venir
Asturian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beˈniɾ/, [beˈniɾ]
Catalan
Alternative forms
- vindre (mostly Valencian)
Pronunciation
Verb
venir (first-person singular present vinc, first-person singular preterite vinguí, past participle vingut); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/
- (intransitive) to come
Conjugation
infinitive | venir | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | venint | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | vingut | vinguda | |||||
plural | vinguts | vingudes | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | vinc | vens | ve | venim | veniu | venen | |
imperfect | venia | venies | venia | veníem | veníeu | venien | |
future | vindré | vindràs | vindrà | vindrem | vindreu | vindran | |
preterite | vinguí | vingueres | vingué | vinguérem | vinguéreu | vingueren | |
conditional | vindria | vindries | vindria | vindríem | vindríeu | vindrien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | vingui | vinguis | vingui | vinguem | vingueu | vinguin | |
imperfect | vingués | vinguessis | vingués | vinguéssim | vinguéssiu | vinguessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | vine | vingui | vinguem | veniu | vinguin | |
negative (no) | — | no vinguis | no vingui | no vinguem | no vingueu | no vinguin |
Derived terms
- que ve
- venir a tomb
- venir d'un fil
- venir de gust
Related terms
References
- “venir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “venir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “venir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “venir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Franco-Provençal
Conjugation

simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | venir | étre venu | |||||
gerund | venent | étent venu | |||||
auxiliary verb | étre | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | venu | venua | |||||
plural | venus | venues | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | jo (j') | tu (t') | il/elli | nos | vos | ils | |
present | veno | vins | vint | venens | venids | venont | |
imperfect | venien | venias | veniêt | venians | veniâds | veniant | |
preterite | veni | venis | venit | venirons | venites, venirâds | veniront | |
future | vindré | vindrés | vindrat | vindrens | vindréds | vindront | |
conditional | vindren | vindrias | vindrêt | vindrians | vindriâds | vindriant | |
compound tenses | present perfect | present indicative of étre + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of étre + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite indicative of étre + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future indicative of étre + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of étre + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j') | que te (t') | qu'il/el | que nos | que vos | qu'ils/els | |
present | veno | venes | vene | venans | veniâds | venant | |
imperfect | venissen | venissias | venisse | venissians | venissiâds | venissant | |
compound tenses | past | present subjunctive of étre + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of étre + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | te | — | nos | vos | — | |
vin | venens | venids |
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French venir, from Old French venir, from Latin venīre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /və.niʁ/, (informal) /vniʁ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -iʁ
Verb
venir
Conjugation
This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -venir, such as convenir and devenir, are conjugated this way. Such verbs are the only verbs whose the past historic and subjunctive imperfect endings do not start in one of these thematic vowels (-a-, -i-, -u-).
infinitive | simple | venir | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
compound | être + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | venant /və.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | étant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | venu /və.ny/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | viens /vjɛ̃/ |
viens /vjɛ̃/ |
vient /vjɛ̃/ |
venons /və.nɔ̃/ |
venez /və.ne/ |
viennent /vjɛn/ |
imperfect | venais /və.nɛ/ |
venais /və.nɛ/ |
venait /və.nɛ/ |
venions /və.njɔ̃/ |
veniez /və.nje/ |
venaient /və.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | vins /vɛ̃/ |
vins /vɛ̃/ |
vint /vɛ̃/ |
vînmes /vɛ̃m/ |
vîntes /vɛ̃t/ |
vinrent /vɛ̃ʁ/ | |
future | viendrai /vjɛ̃.dʁe/ |
viendras /vjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
viendra /vjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
viendrons /vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
viendrez /vjɛ̃.dʁe/ |
viendront /vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | viendrais /vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
viendrais /vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
viendrait /vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
viendrions /vjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
viendriez /vjɛ̃.dʁi.je/ |
viendraient /vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of être + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of être + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of être + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of être + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | vienne /vjɛn/ |
viennes /vjɛn/ |
vienne /vjɛn/ |
venions /və.njɔ̃/ |
veniez /və.nje/ |
viennent /vjɛn/ |
imperfect2 | vinsse /vɛ̃s/ |
vinsses /vɛ̃s/ |
vînt /vɛ̃/ |
vinssions /vɛ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
vinssiez /vɛ̃.sje/ |
vinssent /vɛ̃s/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | viens /vjɛ̃/ |
— | venons /və.nɔ̃/ |
venez /və.ne/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of être + past participle | — | simple imperative of être + past participle | simple imperative of être + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
- a beau mentir qui vient de loin
- à venir
- advenir
- aller et venir
- avenir
- circonvenir
- contrevenir
- convenir
- devenir
- en venir à
- en venir au fait
- en venir aux mains
- évènement
- éventualité
- intervenir
- inventer
- l’appétit vient en mangeant
- mésavenir
- nouveau venu
- obvenir
- parvenir
- premier venu
- prendre les choses comme elles viennent
- prévenir
- provenir
- redevenir
- ressouvenir
- revenir
- souvenir
- subvenir
- survenir
- tout vient à point à qui sait attendre
- un malheur ne vient jamais seul
- venir à bout
- venir à Canossa
- venir au monde
- venir de
- venir du cœur
- venir en âge
- venir en aide
- voir venir
Further reading
- “venir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Interlingua
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French venir.
Norman
Etymology
From Old French venir, from Latin venīre.
Conjugation

infinitive | venir | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | venant | ||||||
auxiliary | yêtre1 | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | venu | venue | |||||
plural | venus | venues | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | je (j') | tu (t') | il, alle, nos |
je (nos) |
vos | il, alles | |
present | viens | viens | vient | venoms | venez | viennent | |
imperfect | veneis | veneis | veneit | venioms | veniez | veneient | |
preterite | vins | vins | vint | vînmes | vîntes | vîntrent | |
future | viendrai | viendras | viendra | viendroms | viendrez | viendront | |
conditional | viendreis | viendreis | viendreit | viendrioms | viendriez | viendreient | |
subjunctive | que je (j') | que te (t') | qu'il, qu'alle, que nos |
que je (que nos) |
que vos | qu'il, qu'alles | |
present | vienne | viennes | vienne | venioms | veniez | viennent | |
imperfect | vinsse | vinsses | vînt vinsse |
vinssioms | vinssiez | vinssent | |
imperative | — | tu | — | je (nos) |
vos | — | |
viens | venoms | venez | |||||
1Used with past participles. |
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan venir, from Latin venīre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beˈni/
Audio (Languedocien) (file)
Verb
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venir
- to come
Conjugation

simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | venir | aver vengut | |||||
gerund | venent | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | vengut | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | veni | venes | ven | venèm | venètz | venon | |
imperfect | veniái | veniás | veniá | veniam | veniatz | venián | |
preterite | venguèri | venguères | venguèt | venguèrem | venguèretz | venguèron | |
future | vendrai | vendràs | vendrà | vendrem | vendretz | vendràn | |
conditional | vendriái | vendriás | vendriá | vendriam | vendriatz | vendrián | |
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compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | venga | vengas | venga | vengam | vengatz | vengan | |
imperfect | venguèsse | venguèsses | venguèsse | venguèssem | venguèssetz | venguèsson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
vèni | vengam | venètz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Old French
Etymology
Inherited from Latin venīre. Attested since AD 881 (Sequence of Saint Eulalia).
Verb
venir
- to come; to arrive
- 13th century, Unknown, La Vie de Saint Laurent, page 10, column 1, line 2:
- Quant Saint Lorenz i est venu
- When Saint Laurence arrived
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem vien distinct from the unstressed stem ven, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | venir | avoir venu | |||||
gerund | en venant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | venant | ||||||
past participle | venu | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | vieng, vien | viens | vient | venons | venez | vienent |
imperfect | venoie, veneie | venoies, veneies | venoit, veneit | veniiens, veniens | veniiez, veniez | venoient, veneient | |
preterite | vin | venis | vint | venimes | venistes | vindrent, vinrent | |
future | vendrai | vendras | vendra | vendrons | vendroiz, vendreiz, vendrez | vendront | |
conditional | vendroie, vendreie | vendroies, vendreies | vendroit, vendreit | vendriiens, vendriens | vendriiez, vendriez | vendroient, vendreient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | viegne | viegnes | viegne | viegniens, viegnons | viegniez | viegnent |
imperfect | venisse | venisses | venist | venissons, venissiens | venissoiz, venissez, venissiez | venissent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | vien | — | venons | venez | — |
Old Occitan
Descendants
- Occitan: venir
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “venīre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 14: U–Z, page 240
Old Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /βeˈniɾ/
Verb
venir
- to come
- between 1140-1207, Anonymous (or Per Abbat), Cantar de mío Cid line 3668:
- Essora dixo el Rey venid uos ami compaña
(modernized spelling) Esora dijo el rey, venidvos (=veníos) a mi compaña- At that moment, the king said, "Come, both of you, to my company (=to accompany me)..."
- Essora dixo el Rey venid uos ami compaña
- between 1140-1207, Anonymous (or Per Abbat), Cantar de mío Cid lines 1943-1944:
- Con todo esto auos dixo alfonsso / q̃ uos vernie avistas do ouiessedes sabor
(modernized spelling) Con todo esto, a vos dijo Alfonso que vos vernié (=vendría) a vistas do hobiésedes (=hubieseis) sabor- With all this, (king) Alphonse said that he'd come to see you wherever you'd like
- Con todo esto auos dixo alfonsso / q̃ uos vernie avistas do ouiessedes sabor
Descendants
- Spanish: venir
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish venir, from Latin venīre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beˈniɾ/ [beˈniɾ]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -iɾ
- Syllabification: ve‧nir
Verb
venir (first-person singular present vengo, first-person singular preterite vine, past participle venido)
Usage notes
- Venir always references movement towards the speaker, whereas English "come" can signify movement towards the speaker, the listener, or another mentioned place. To indicate movement toward the listener or another location, use ir (“to go”):
- Él va hacia ti.
- He's coming towards you.
- ¿Irás a la fiesta conmigo?
- Will you come to the party with me?
Conjugation
infinitive | venir | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | viniendo | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | venido | venida | |||||
plural | venidos | venidas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | vengo | vienestú venísvos |
viene | venimos | venís | vienen | |
imperfect | venía | venías | venía | veníamos | veníais | venían | |
preterite | vine | viniste | vino | vinimos | vinisteis | vinieron | |
future | vendré | vendrás | vendrá | vendremos | vendréis | vendrán | |
conditional | vendría | vendrías | vendría | vendríamos | vendríais | vendrían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | venga | vengastú vengásvos2 |
venga | vengamos | vengáis | vengan | |
imperfect (ra) |
viniera | vinieras | viniera | viniéramos | vinierais | vinieran | |
imperfect (se) |
viniese | vinieses | viniese | viniésemos | vinieseis | viniesen | |
future1 | viniere | vinieres | viniere | viniéremos | viniereis | vinieren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | ventú venívos |
venga | vengamos | venid | vengan | ||
negative | no vengas | no venga | no vengamos | no vengáis | no vengan |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive venir | |||||||
dative | venirme | venirte | venirle, venirse | venirnos | veniros | venirles, venirse | |
accusative | venirme | venirte | venirlo, venirla, venirse | venirnos | veniros | venirlos, venirlas, venirse | |
with gerund viniendo | |||||||
dative | viniéndome | viniéndote | viniéndole, viniéndose | viniéndonos | viniéndoos | viniéndoles, viniéndose | |
accusative | viniéndome | viniéndote | viniéndolo, viniéndola, viniéndose | viniéndonos | viniéndoos | viniéndolos, viniéndolas, viniéndose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative ven | |||||||
dative | venme | vente | venle | vennos | not used | venles | |
accusative | venme | vente | venlo, venla | vennos | not used | venlos, venlas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative vení | |||||||
dative | venime | venite | venile | veninos | not used | veniles | |
accusative | venime | venite | venilo, venila | veninos | not used | venilos, venilas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative venga | |||||||
dative | véngame | not used | véngale, véngase | vénganos | not used | véngales | |
accusative | véngame | not used | véngalo, véngala, véngase | vénganos | not used | véngalos, véngalas | |
with first-person plural imperative vengamos | |||||||
dative | not used | vengámoste | vengámosle | vengámonos | vengámoos | vengámosles | |
accusative | not used | vengámoste | vengámoslo, vengámosla | vengámonos | vengámoos | vengámoslos, vengámoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative venid | |||||||
dative | venidme | not used | venidle | venidnos | veníos | venidles | |
accusative | venidme | not used | venidlo, venidla | venidnos | veníos | venidlos, venidlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative vengan | |||||||
dative | vénganme | not used | vénganle | véngannos | not used | vénganles, vénganse | |
accusative | vénganme | not used | vénganlo, vénganla | véngannos | not used | vénganlos, vénganlas, vénganse |
infinitive | venirse | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | viniéndose | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | venido | venida | |||||
plural | venidos | venidas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
personal non-finite | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
infinitive | venirme | venirte | venirse | venirnos | veniros | venirse | |
gerund | viniéndome | viniéndote | viniéndose | viniéndonos | viniéndoos | viniéndose | |
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | me vengo | te vienestú te venísvos |
se viene | nos venimos | os venís | se vienen | |
imperfect | me venía | te venías | se venía | nos veníamos | os veníais | se venían | |
preterite | me vine | te viniste | se vino | nos vinimos | os vinisteis | se vinieron | |
future | me vendré | te vendrás | se vendrá | nos vendremos | os vendréis | se vendrán | |
conditional | me vendría | te vendrías | se vendría | nos vendríamos | os vendríais | se vendrían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | me venga | te vengastú te vengásvos2 |
se venga | nos vengamos | os vengáis | se vengan | |
imperfect (ra) |
me viniera | te vinieras | se viniera | nos viniéramos | os vinierais | se vinieran | |
imperfect (se) |
me viniese | te vinieses | se viniese | nos viniésemos | os vinieseis | se viniesen | |
future1 | me viniere | te vinieres | se viniere | nos viniéremos | os viniereis | se vinieren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | ventetú venitevos |
véngase | vengámonos | veníos | vénganse | ||
negative | no te vengas | no se venga | no nos vengamos | no os vengáis | no se vengan |
Derived terms
- agárrate que vienen curvas
- cosas que van y vienen
- cuando tú vas yo vengo de regreso
- de agárrate que hay curvas
- de agárrate y no te menees
- en lo por venir
- ires y venires
- ni ir ni venir
- no hay mal que por bien no venga
- no venir a cuento
- no venir al caso
- sin venir a cuento
- ven acá
- venir a demostrar (“to go to show”)
- venir a la melena
- venir a las manos
- venir a las puñadas
- venir a menos
- venir a por (“to come for, come after”) (pursue, target)
- venir al caso
- venir al viento
- venir de familia
- venir el cuervo
- venir el parto derecho
- venir mal dadas
- venir por
- venirse abajo
- venirse al humo
- voy y vengo
Related terms
Further reading
- “venir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014