Venir conjugation chart
Venir present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I come | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you come | |
| vos | you come | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she comes | |
| nosotros | we come | |
| vosotros | you all come | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they come |
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.”
Venir preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I came | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you came | |
| vos | you came | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she came | |
| nosotros | we came | |
| vosotros | you all came | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they came |
Irregular stem vin- + -e, -iste, -o, -imos, -isteis, -ieron, with no accent marks.
Venir imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to come | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to come | |
| vos | you used to come | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to come | |
| nosotros | we used to come | |
| vosotros | you all used to come | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to come |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Venir future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will come | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will come | |
| vos | you will come | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will come | |
| nosotros | we will come | |
| vosotros | you all will come | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will come |
Irregular stem vendr- + -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án.
Venir conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would come | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would come | |
| vos | you would come | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would come | |
| nosotros | we would come | |
| vosotros | you all would come | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would come |
Irregular stem vendr- + -ía, -ías, -íamos, -íais, -ían.
Venir present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I come | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you come | |
| vos | that you come | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she come | |
| nosotros | that we come | |
| vosotros | that you all come | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they come |
Irregular stem veng- (from the yo form vengo) + -a, -as, -amos, -áis, -an.
Venir imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I came | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you came | |
| vos | if you came | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she came | |
| nosotros | if we came | |
| vosotros | if you all came | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they came |
Irregular stem vin- + -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 (viniese), more common in writing.
Venir affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | come! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | come! | |
| usted | come! | |
| nosotros | let's come! | |
| vosotros | come! | |
| ustedes | come! |
Irregular tú form: ven. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (venga, vengamos, vengan).
Venir negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't come! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't come! | |
| usted | don't come! | |
| nosotros | let's not come! | |
| vosotros | don't come! | |
| ustedes | don't come! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + vengas, venga…
Always the verb haber + the past participle venido, which never changes.
Venir present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he venido |
|---|---|
| tú | has venido |
| vos | has venido |
| él, ella, usted | ha venido |
| nosotros | hemos venido |
| vosotros | habéis venido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han venido |
Venir pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había venido |
|---|---|
| tú | habías venido |
| vos | habías venido |
| él, ella, usted | había venido |
| nosotros | habíamos venido |
| vosotros | habíais venido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían venido |
Venir future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré venido |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás venido |
| vos | habrás venido |
| él, ella, usted | habrá venido |
| nosotros | habremos venido |
| vosotros | habréis venido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán venido |
Venir conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría venido |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías venido |
| vos | habrías venido |
| él, ella, usted | habría venido |
| nosotros | habríamos venido |
| vosotros | habríais venido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían venido |
Venir present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya venido |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas venido |
| vos | hayas venido |
| él, ella, usted | haya venido |
| nosotros | hayamos venido |
| vosotros | hayáis venido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan venido |
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.
Watch out
Venir only means coming toward where the speaker is. When you shout “I'm coming!” to someone in another room, Spanish says ¡ya voy!, with ir.
Examples with venir
¿Vienes a la fiesta?
Are you coming to the party?
Vine en tren.
I came by train.
Mi hermana viene el sábado.
My sister is coming on Saturday.
Practice venir
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Verbs like venir
Stem change e → ie (venir → vienes). Same pattern:
tener tienesquerer quierespensar piensasempezar empiezascomenzar comienzascerrar cierrasentender entiendesperder pierdes
Yo-go verbs (venir → vengo). Same pattern:
tener tengohacer hagodecir digoponer pongosalir salgotraer traigocaer caigooír oigo
Irregular preterite (venir → vine). Same pattern:
estar estuvehaber hubetener tuvehacer hicepoder pudedecir dijesaber supequerer quise