Spanish word

venir

Pronunciation

IPA/beˈniɾ/

Meaning

  • verbcome

Example

Él viene de España.

He comes from Spain.

Illustration for venir (come)

More examples

Esperamos que puedas venir.

We hope you can come.

Core concept

Motion reaching the speaker's place or a speaker-centered time.

Common phrases

  • venir de

    come from

  • venir a

    come to

  • venir bien

    be convenient

  • venir con

    come with

Similar words

llegar: Arrive at a destination.
ir: Move away from the speaker's location.
volver: Go back to a previous place or original state.
acercarse: Move closer to a person or point.

Definition in Spanish

Llegar o acercarse al punto de referencia del hablante en espacio o en tiempo; servir también para indicar origen con venir de y para indicar que algo conviene con venirle bien.

Word origin

From Latin venīre 'to come', Spanish kept irregular present forms and grammaticalized phrases such as venir de for origin and venirle bien to express that something is convenient for someone.

Usage tips

  • In venirle bien constructions, the thing that suits is what the verb agrees with and the affected person is shown by an indirect object pronoun (me/te/le), for example Me viene bien vs Me vienen bien.

Other meanings

  • come fromverb
  • suitverb

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