Provenir conjugation chart
Provenir present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I come from | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you come from | |
| vos | you come from | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she comes from | |
| nosotros | we come from | |
| vosotros | you all come from | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they come from |
The highlighted forms change their stem. Notice that nosotros, vosotros and vos stay out: draw a line around the forms that change and you get a boot, which is why these are called “boot verbs.”
Provenir preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I came from | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you came from | |
| vos | you came from | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she came from | |
| nosotros | we came from | |
| vosotros | you all came from | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they came from |
Irregular stem provin- + -e, -iste, -o, -imos, -isteis, -ieron, with no accent marks.
Provenir imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I came from | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you came from | |
| vos | you came from | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she came from | |
| nosotros | we came from | |
| vosotros | you all came from | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they came from |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Provenir future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will come from | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will come from | |
| vos | you will come from | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will come from | |
| nosotros | we will come from | |
| vosotros | you all will come from | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will come from |
Irregular stem provendr- + -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án.
Provenir conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would come from | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would come from | |
| vos | you would come from | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would come from | |
| nosotros | we would come from | |
| vosotros | you all would come from | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would come from |
Irregular stem provendr- + -ía, -ías, -íamos, -íais, -ían.
Provenir present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I come from | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you come from | |
| vos | that you come from | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she come from | |
| nosotros | that we come from | |
| vosotros | that you all come from | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they come from |
Irregular stem proveng- (from the yo form provengo) + -a, -as, -amos, -áis, -an.
Provenir imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I came from | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you came from | |
| vos | if you came from | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she came from | |
| nosotros | if we came from | |
| vosotros | if you all came from | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they came from |
Irregular stem provin- + -iera, -ieras, -iéramos, -ierais, -ieran.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (proviniese), more common in writing.
Provenir affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | ||
|---|---|---|
| vos | ||
| usted | ||
| nosotros | ||
| vosotros | ||
| ustedes |
Irregular tú form: provén. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (provenga, provengamos, provengan).
Provenir negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | ||
|---|---|---|
| vos | ||
| usted | ||
| nosotros | ||
| vosotros | ||
| ustedes |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + provengas, provenga…
Always the verb haber + the past participle provenido, which never changes.
Provenir present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he provenido |
|---|---|
| tú | has provenido |
| vos | has provenido |
| él, ella, usted | ha provenido |
| nosotros | hemos provenido |
| vosotros | habéis provenido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han provenido |
Provenir pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había provenido |
|---|---|
| tú | habías provenido |
| vos | habías provenido |
| él, ella, usted | había provenido |
| nosotros | habíamos provenido |
| vosotros | habíais provenido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían provenido |
Provenir future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré provenido |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás provenido |
| vos | habrás provenido |
| él, ella, usted | habrá provenido |
| nosotros | habremos provenido |
| vosotros | habréis provenido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán provenido |
Provenir conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría provenido |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías provenido |
| vos | habrías provenido |
| él, ella, usted | habría provenido |
| nosotros | habríamos provenido |
| vosotros | habríais provenido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían provenido |
Provenir present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya provenido |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas provenido |
| vos | hayas provenido |
| él, ella, usted | haya provenido |
| nosotros | hayamos provenido |
| vosotros | hayáis provenido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan provenido |
In Latin America, ustedes is the only “you all”; vosotros is used only in Spain. Vos is used in Argentina, Uruguay and much of Central America. Uncheck the boxes above to hide what you don’t need.
Practice provenir
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Verbs like provenir
Stem change e → ie (provenir → provienes). Same pattern:
tener tienesquerer quieresvenir vienespensar piensasempezar empiezascomenzar comienzascerrar cierrasentender entiendes
Yo-go verbs (provenir → provengo). Same pattern:
tener tengohacer hagodecir digovenir vengoponer pongosalir salgotraer traigocaer caigo
Irregular preterite (provenir → provine). Same pattern:
estar estuvehaber hubetener tuvehacer hicepoder pudedecir dijesaber supequerer quise