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venir

verbBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “venir” mean in English?

  1. to come

Example sentences

  • ¿Vienes a la fiesta?

    Are you coming to the party?

  • Vengo de Madrid.

    I'm coming from Madrid.

  • Mañana vienen mis amigos.

    My friends are coming tomorrow.

How to use it

Venir means 'to come'. Irregular: vengo, vienes, viene, venimos, venís, vienen (e→ie stem change in present). Different perspective from ir — venir is towards the speaker.

Common mistake

Like English, venir = 'come' (toward speaker), ir = 'go' (away from). Match the perspective: '¿vienes?' (to me) vs '¿vas?' (away from me).

Forms of venir

Present
vengo, vienes, viene, venimos, venís, vienen

Topics

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 13.