SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

venir

to come; to arrive

-ir verbForm or spelling changes

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

venir: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yovengo
túvienes
él / ella / ustedviene
nosotros / nosotrasvenimos
vosotros / vosotrasvenís
ellos / ellas / ustedesvienen

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

venir: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yovine
túviniste
él / ella / ustedvino
nosotros / nosotrasvinimos
vosotros / vosotrasvinisteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesvinieron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

venir: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yovenía
túvenías
él / ella / ustedvenía
nosotros / nosotrasveníamos
vosotros / vosotrasveníais
ellos / ellas / ustedesvenían

Future Futuro simple

Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.

venir: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yovendré
túvendrás
él / ella / ustedvendrá
nosotros / nosotrasvendremos
vosotros / vosotrasvendréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesvendrán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

venir: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yovendría
túvendrías
él / ella / ustedvendría
nosotros / nosotrasvendríamos
vosotros / vosotrasvendríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesvendrían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.

venir: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yovenga
túvengas
él / ella / ustedvenga
nosotros / nosotrasvengamos
vosotros / vosotrasvengáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesvengan

Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.

Meaning & usage

  • (sometimes reflexive) to come (move closer to some location (most often closer to the speaker), by default the speaker's location)
  • to arrive
  • to come from, originate

English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗

Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations

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