Venir: Full Conjugation

Venir means "to come" — to move toward the speaker or the point of reference. It's the natural counterpart to ir ("to go") and shares many of its irregular patterns with tener.

Venir is heavily irregular. The present has an e → ie stem change plus the -go yo form vengo. The preterite takes the -in- stem vine, and the future/conditional use the shortened stem vendr- with an inserted d.

Present Indicative

Preterite

Imperfect

Future

Conditional

Present Subjunctive

Imperfect Subjunctive (-ra forms)

Imperative

Non-Finite Forms

• Infinitive: venir
• Gerund: viniendo
• Past participle: venido

Compound Tenses

The compound tenses use haber plus the past participle venido.

Present Perfect

Pluperfect

Future Perfect

Conditional Perfect

Present Perfect Subjunctive

Pluperfect Subjunctive

Progressive Forms

Progressive forms use estar with the gerund viniendo. They emphasize ongoing or continuous arrival.

Present Progressive

Past Progressive

Future Progressive

Common Collocations and Expressions

• venir a cuento — to be relevant, to come up
• el / la / lo que viene — what's coming, the next one
• la semana / el mes / el año que viene — next week / month / year
• ¡vengan! / ¡bienvenido! — welcome!
• venir bien / mal — to be convenient / inconvenient, to suit
• venir a parar — to end up
• venir a + infinitive — to come to (do something)
• venir abajo — to come down, collapse
• venir al mundo — to be born (lit. "to come to the world")
• ¡no me vengas con esas! — don't give me that!
• venir como anillo al dedo — to fit perfectly, to be just right
• venir por — to come for, to come to get
• venirse encima — to be right around the corner, to loom
• venir a la mente — to come to mind

Common Errors (for English speakers)

• ❌ Vengo a tu casa. (when you're calling someone) / ✅ Voy a tu casa. — Use ir when moving toward the listener; venir is for movement toward the speaker's current location.
• ❌ Vení mañana. (Latin American standard tú) / ✅ Ven mañana. — The standard Latin American tú command is ven. (Vení is the Argentine/Uruguayan voseo form.)
• ❌ Veno del trabajo. / ✅ Vengo del trabajo. — The yo form is the irregular vengo.
• ❌ Veneré mañana. / ✅ Vendré mañana. — The future stem is vendr-, with an inserted d.
• ❌ Vení a mi casa. (as a tú command in most LATAM Spanish) / ✅ Ven a mi casa. — Outside the vos zones, ven is standard.
• ❌ He veni. / ✅ He venido. — The past participle is the regular venido.

Related Verbs

• ir — the antonym; "to go" away from the speaker.
• tener — shares all of venir's irregular patterns (tengo/vengo, tuve/vine, tendré/vendré).
• llegar — "to arrive," the natural endpoint of venir.
• regresar / volver — "to come back, return."
• provenir de — "to come from, originate in" (formal).
• convenir — "to be convenient" (conjugates like venir).

Cross-references

• Ir: full conjugation
• Tener: full conjugation
• Irregular yo forms ending in -go
• Imperative overview
• Ir vs. venir