Venir conjugation

Venir means "to come". Here it is in every main tense, with real example sentences and a free checker for your own.

Meaningto come

Type-ir verb

Gerundviniendo

Past participlevenido

Venir changes form (an irregular, stem-changing or spelling-changing form) in the present, preterite, future, conditional and present subjunctive. Juntos teaches Latin American Spanish, where ustedes replaces vosotros; the vosotros forms are shown for completeness.

Quick answer. Present: vengo, vienes, viene, venimos, vienen. Preterite: vine, viniste, vino, vinimos, vinieron. All tenses below.

Venir conjugation tables

Jump to: present · preterite · imperfect · future · conditional · present subjunctive · present perfect · commands (imperative)

Venir in the present

what happens now or usually

yo	vengo
tú	vienes
él / ella / usted	viene
nosotros	venimos
vosotros (Spain)	venís
ellos / ustedes	vienen

Venir in the preterite

a finished action at a specific time

yo	vine
tú	viniste
él / ella / usted	vino
nosotros	vinimos
vosotros (Spain)	vinisteis
ellos / ustedes	vinieron

Venir in the imperfect

habits, descriptions and background in the past

yo	venía
tú	venías
él / ella / usted	venía
nosotros	veníamos
vosotros (Spain)	veníais
ellos / ustedes	venían

Venir in the future

what will happen

yo	vendré
tú	vendrás
él / ella / usted	vendrá
nosotros	vendremos
vosotros (Spain)	vendréis
ellos / ustedes	vendrán

Venir in the conditional

what would happen

yo	vendría
tú	vendrías
él / ella / usted	vendría
nosotros	vendríamos
vosotros (Spain)	vendríais
ellos / ustedes	vendrían

Venir in the present subjunctive

after wishes, doubts and requests (quiero que…)

yo	venga
tú	vengas
él / ella / usted	venga
nosotros	vengamos
vosotros (Spain)	vengáis
ellos / ustedes	vengan

Venir in the present perfect

what has happened, up to now (he comido)

yo	he venido
tú	has venido
él / ella / usted	ha venido
nosotros	hemos venido
vosotros (Spain)	habéis venido
ellos / ustedes	han venido

Venir in the commands (imperative)

telling someone to do something (habla, no hables)

tú	ven
tú (no)	no vengas
usted	venga
nosotros	vengamos
vosotros (Spain)	venid
ustedes	vengan

Venir in real sentences

Example sentences from the Juntos exercise bank, each checked before learners see it.

Preterite

Vino a cenar y trajo vino de Argentina.
He came to dinner and brought wine from Argentina.
Vinieron a la cena el sábado y estuvieron hasta la medianoche.
They came to the dinner on Saturday and stayed until midnight.

Imperfect

O sea, no sabía que venías hoy.
I mean, I didn't know you were coming today.

Mistakes learners make with venir

The yo present is vengo, and the stem changes e to ie in tú, él and ellos: vienes, viene, vienen.
The preterite stem is vin-: vine, vino, vinieron.
Venir is coming toward where the speaker is; going away from it is ir.

Write your own sentence with venir

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Questions people ask

Is venir irregular in Spanish?

Yes. Venir is irregular in most tenses: the present, preterite, future, conditional and present subjunctive all change form, so it's worth learning by heart.

What is the preterite of venir?

Yo vine, tú viniste, él/ella vino, nosotros vinimos, ellos/ustedes vinieron.

How do you conjugate venir in the present?

Yo vengo, tú vienes, él/ella viene, nosotros venimos, ellos/ustedes vienen.

What is the future of venir?

Yo vendré, tú vendrás, él/ella vendrá, nosotros vendremos, ellos/ustedes vendrán.

What is the present subjunctive of venir?

Que yo venga, que tú vengas, que él/ella venga, que nosotros vengamos, que ellos/ustedes vengan.