venir

=

come

venir

intransitive verb

1. to come (en general)

venir a/de hacer algo -> to come to do something/from doing something
venir de algo -> to come from something (proceder, derivarse)
venir a alguien con algo -> to come to somebody with something
no me vengas con exigencias -> don't come to me making demands
el año que viene -> next year

2. to arrive (llegar)

vino a las doce -> he arrived at twelve o'clock

3. to be (hallarse)

su foto viene en primera página -> his photo is o appears on the front page
el texto viene en inglés -> the text is in English
vienen en todos los tamaños -> they come in every size
las anchoas vienen en lata -> anchovies come in tins

4. (acometer, sobrevenir)

me viene sueño -> I'm getting sleepy
le vinieron ganas de reír -> he was seized by a desire to laugh
le vino una tremenda desgracia -> he suffered a great misfortune

5. (ropa, calzado)

venir a alguien -> to fit somebody
¿qué tal te viene? -> does it fit all right?
el abrigo le viene pequeño -> the coat is too small for her

6. (convenir)

venir bien/mal a alguien -> to suit/not to suit somebody

7. (aproximarse)

viene a costar un millón -> it costs almost a million

8. (indica resultado)

esto viene a significar… -> this means…
venir a parar en -> to end in
venir a ser -> to amount to

9. (expresiones)

¿a qué viene esto? -> what do you mean by that?, what's that in aid of?
venir a menos -> to go downhill; (negocio) to go down in the world (persona)

verb auxiliary

10. (antes de gerundio)

venir haciendo algo -> to have been doing something
las peleas vienen sucediéndose desde hace tiempo -> fighting has been going on for some time

11. (antes de participio)

los cambios vienen motivados por la presión de la oposición -> the changes have resulted from pressure on the part of the opposition

venirse

pronomial verb

1. to come (venir)

venirse (de) -> to come back o return (from) (volver)
¿te vienes? -> are you coming?

also:

venirse abajo -> to collapse; (techo, estante) to be dashed (ilusiones)

venir [vay-neer’]

verb neuter

1. To come, to draw near, to advance towards. (n)

2. To come, to move towards another. (n)

Ven acá -> (Coll.) come hither: used to call the attention and to advise anyone

3. To come, to happen (suceder), to come to pass. (n)

4. To follow, to succeed. (n)

5. To come, to proceed from, to originate in, to be occasioned by; to be inferred, to be deduced. (n)

6. To appear before a judge; to come into court. (n)

7. To assent, to submit, to yield. (n)

8. To answer, to fit, to suit. (n)

Esta chaqueta no me viene -> that jacket does not fit me

9. To grow, to shoot up. (n)

10. To make an application, to ask. (n)

11. To occur, to be presented in the memory or attention. (n)

12. To resolve, to determine. (n)

13. To attack, to assault. (n)

14. To result. (Arithmetic) (n)

15. To be of one’s party or opinion; to accompany. (n)

16. To fall, to be overset. (n)

17. Used impersonally, come here take this. (n)

18. To succeed finally. (n)

Vino a conseguir la plaza -> he obtained the place
Venir a cuentas -> to calculate, to count

19. To change the state or quality. (n)

20. To be transferred, to pass from one to another. (n)

21. To adduce; to produce. (n)

22. To excite, to effect; to attain a degree of excellence or perfection. (n)

23. Used to express politely satisfaction or pleasure at the arrival of anyone; to welcome. (n)

Venir de perilla -> to come in the nick of time; to fit or to answer perfectly well
Cosas que van y vienen -> things which wax and wane
No hay mal que por bien no venga -> (Prov.) there is no evil which may not be turned to good
¿A qué viene eso -> to what purpose is that
Él se mete en lo que no le va -> ni le viene, he meddles in business that does not concern him
Venirle a la mano alguna cosa -> to get something without exertion
Venir muy ancho -> to be in abundance; to be beyond the desert of the receiver
Venir rodado -> to attain an object accidentally
Venir a las manos -> to come to blows
No me vengas con historias -> don't come telling tales to me
Se puede ver venir la noche -> one can face the evening ahead
Viene de -> to come from
Viene a llenar un gran vacío -> it serves to fill a large gap
El tapón viene justo a la botella -> the stopper fits the bottle exactly
Venían andando desde mediodía -> they had been walking since midday

verb reflexive

24. To ferment (vino), to attain perfection by fermentation, as bread or wine.

Venirse a buenas -> to yield, to submit, to comply with things required or enforced
Venirse a casa -> to come home
Venirse durmiendo -> to be falling asleep
Venirse abajo -> to fall, to collapse
Venirse a los ojos -> to show in one’s eyes; to betray by one’s glances
Venirse al suelo -> to fall to the ground
Venirse a la boca -> to taste unpleasantly
Venirse el cielo abajo -> to rain very heavily
Como se viene -> se va, easy come, easy go

What does it amount to? It is often used the same as the neuter verb venir.(Yo vengo, yo venga, from Venir. V. VENIR.

Verb Conjugation for "venir"

Infinitive: venir

Gerund: viniendo

Participle: venido

	Presente	Pretérito	Imperfect	Futuro	Subjuntivo
Yo	vengo	vine	venía	vendré	venga
Tú	vienes	viniste	venías	vendrás	vengas
Ella/Él/Usted	viene	vino	venía	vendrá	venga
Nosotros	venimos	vinimos	veníamos	vendremos	vengamos
Vosotros	venís	vinisteis	veníais	vendréis	vengáis
Ellos/Ustedes	vienen	vinieron	venían	vendrán	vengan

Complete venir conjugation

"venir" in the Answers forum


Q:	No podia venir porque estuve ocupado
A:	> I couldn't come because I was busy.

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A:	thank you for the explanation. :-)

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A:	> CalvoViejo said: > > James Santiago said: > > I agree with what has been said, and will only add that you should be careful using venirse, because it…

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