Venir Conjugation | How to Conjugate Venir in Spanish

Venir means “to come,” “to arrive,” or “to come from.” You will learn its vengo / viene family, vine preterite, vendr- future, venga / viniera subjunctives, and core movement patterns.

Venir conjugation at a glance

Verb type: Irregular. Venir combines vengo in the first-person present, stressed vien- forms, preterite vin-, future/conditional vendr-, present subjunctive veng-, and past/future subjunctive vinier-.

Venir gerund, past participle, and infinitive

The infinitive names the verb, the gerund supports progressive constructions, and the past participle combines with haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — in compound forms. The participle venido remains invariant in those compounds.

Form	Spanish	Natural English guide
Infinitive	venir	to come
Gerund	viniendo	coming
Past participle	venido	come

Venir meaning and essential uses

Venir is mainly intransitive and prototypically describes movement toward the speaker or a relevant reference point: Vengo a tu casa. — “I am coming to your house.” RAE also records arrival and origin meanings.

Useful patterns include venir de + place — “to come from,” venir a + infinitive — often “to come to do” or, in some contexts, eventual/approximate meaning, and venir bien / mal — “to suit / be convenient.”

Venir irregular conjugation patterns

The present is vengo, vienes, viene, venimos, venís, vienen. The preterite uses vin-: vine, viniste, vino, vinimos, vinisteis, vinieron.

Future and conditional use vendr-: vendré / vendría. Present subjunctive uses veng-: venga, vengas, vengamos, vengáis, vengan. Past/future subjunctive use vinier-, and the gerund is viniendo.

Venir indicative and periphrastic conjugations

Venir present tense conjugation

Present indicative (el presente de indicativo) — Use it for current situations, habits, facts, and contextually near-future reference. The first-person singular is vengo, stressed forms use vien-, and nosotros/nosotras plus vosotros/vosotras use ven-.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	vengo	I come
Tú — you, singular informal	vienes	you come
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	viene	he / she comes; you come (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	venimos	we come
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	venís	you come (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	vienen	they come; you come (plural)

• Vengo aquí todos los lunes. — I come here every Monday.

Venir preterite conjugation

Preterite (el pretérito perfecto simple / pretérito indefinido) — Use it for completed or bounded past events. The entire preterite uses the irregular vin- family.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	vine	I came
Tú — you, singular informal	viniste	you came
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	vino	he / she came; you came (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	vinimos	we came
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	vinisteis	you came (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	vinieron	they came; you came (plural)

• Ayer vine en tren. — Yesterday I came by train.

Venir imperfect conjugation

Imperfect (el pretérito imperfecto) — Use it for habitual, descriptive, background, or ongoing past situations. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus invariant venido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	venía	I used to come / was coming
Tú — you, singular informal	venías	you used to come / were coming
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	venía	he / she used to come / was coming; you used to come / were coming (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	veníamos	we used to come / were coming
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	veníais	you used to come / were coming (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	venían	they used to come / were coming; you used to come / were coming (plural)

• Antes veníamos más a menudo. — We used to come more often.

Venir present progressive

Present progressive — This verbal periphrasis focuses on an action or process in progress. Form it with present estar plus the irregular gerund viniendo — “coming.”

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	estoy viniendo	I am coming
Tú — you, singular informal	estás viniendo	you are coming
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	está viniendo	he / she is coming; you are coming (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	estamos viniendo	we are coming
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	estáis viniendo	you are coming (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	están viniendo	they are coming; you are coming (plural)

• Estoy viniendo hacia la entrada. — I am coming toward the entrance.

Venir near future conjugation

Near future — This verbal periphrasis expresses an intention, plan, or expected event. Form it with present ir — “to go” — plus a — “to” — and venir.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	voy a venir	I am going to come
Tú — you, singular informal	vas a venir	you are going to come
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	va a venir	he / she is going to come; you are going to come (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	vamos a venir	we are going to come
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	vais a venir	you are going to come (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	van a venir	they are going to come; you are going to come (plural)

• Voy a venir mañana por la tarde. — I am going to come tomorrow afternoon.

Venir future tense conjugation

Simple future (el futuro simple) — Use it for future reference and, where useful, probability. The future uses the irregular stem vendr-.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	vendré	I will come
Tú — you, singular informal	vendrás	you will come
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	vendrá	he / she will come; you will come (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	vendremos	we will come
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	vendréis	you will come (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	vendrán	they will come; you will come (plural)

• Vendremos después de comer. — We will come after lunch.

Venir conditional conjugation

Conditional (el condicional simple) — Use it for hypothetical outcomes, softened statements, or related conditional meanings. The conditional uses the irregular stem vendr-.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	vendría	I would come
Tú — you, singular informal	vendrías	you would come
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	vendría	he / she would come; you would come (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	vendríamos	we would come
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	vendríais	you would come (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	vendrían	they would come; you would come (plural)

• Vendría contigo si pudiera. — I would come with you if I could.

Venir present perfect conjugation

Present perfect (el pretérito perfecto compuesto) — Use it for completed events connected to a present reference frame; regional distribution varies. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus invariant venido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	he venido	I have come
Tú — you, singular informal	has venido	you have come
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	ha venido	he / she has come; you have come (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hemos venido	we have come
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habéis venido	you have come (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	han venido	they have come; you have come (plural)

• He venido para hablar contigo. — I have come to talk with you.

Venir past perfect conjugation

Past perfect (el pretérito pluscuamperfecto) — Use it for an event completed before another past reference point. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus invariant venido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	había venido	I had come
Tú — you, singular informal	habías venido	you had come
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	había venido	he / she had come; you had come (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habíamos venido	we had come
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habíais venido	you had come (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habían venido	they had come; you had come (plural)

• Ya habíamos venido antes. — We had already come before.

Venir future perfect conjugation

Future perfect (el futuro perfecto) — Use it for an event expected to be completed before a future reference point. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus invariant venido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	habré venido	I will have come
Tú — you, singular informal	habrás venido	you will have come
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	habrá venido	he / she will have come; you will have come (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habremos venido	we will have come
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habréis venido	you will have come (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habrán venido	they will have come; you will have come (plural)

• Para entonces habrán venido todos. — By then everyone will have come.

Venir conditional perfect conjugation

Conditional perfect (el condicional compuesto) — Use it for a hypothetical completed outcome. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus invariant venido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	habría venido	I would have come
Tú — you, singular informal	habrías venido	you would have come
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	habría venido	he / she would have come; you would have come (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habríamos venido	we would have come
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habríais venido	you would have come (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habrían venido	they would have come; you would have come (plural)

• Habría venido antes sin el tráfico. — I would have come earlier without the traffic.

Venir subjunctive conjugations

Venir present subjunctive conjugation

Present subjunctive (el presente de subjuntivo) — Use it in subordinate environments involving wishes, influence, emotion, doubt or denial, evaluation, necessity, possibility, or non-specific reference. The present subjunctive uses veng- throughout.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	venga	that I come
Tú — you, singular informal	vengas	that you come
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	venga	that he / she come; that you come (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	vengamos	that we come
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	vengáis	that you come (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	vengan	that they come; that you come (plural)

• Quiero que vengas mañana. — I want you to come tomorrow.

Venir imperfect subjunctive conjugation

Imperfect subjunctive (el imperfecto de subjuntivo) — The main table uses the -ra series. The accepted -se series is also valid in many contexts and is demonstrated after the table. These forms use vinier-; the main table shows the -ra series.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	viniera	that I came
Tú — you, singular informal	vinieras	that you came
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	viniera	that he / she came; that you came (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	viniéramos	that we came
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	vinierais	that you came (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	vinieran	that they came; that you came (plural)

• Preferían que viniéramos juntos. — They preferred that we come together.
• Era mejor que vinieses por la mañana. — It was better for you to come in the morning.

Venir future subjunctive conjugation

Future subjunctive (el futuro de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. It survives mainly in formal, legal, proverbial, literary, or historical contexts. These rare forms use vinier-.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	viniere	if / when I should come
Tú — you, singular informal	vinieres	if / when you should come
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	viniere	if / when he / she should come; if / when you should come (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	viniéremos	if / when we should come
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	viniereis	if / when you should come (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	vinieren	if / when they should come; if / when you should come (plural)

• Quien viniere después del cierre deberá identificarse. — Whoever should come after closing must identify themselves.

Venir present perfect subjunctive conjugation

Present perfect subjunctive (el pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo) — Use it when a completed event appears inside a present- or future-oriented subjunctive environment. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus invariant venido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	haya venido	that I have come
Tú — you, singular informal	hayas venido	that you have come
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	haya venido	that he / she has come; that you have come (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hayamos venido	that we have come
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hayáis venido	that you have come (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hayan venido	that they have come; that you have come (plural)

• Me alegra que hayas venido. — I am glad that you came.

Venir past perfect subjunctive conjugation

Past perfect subjunctive (el pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo) — The main table uses hubiera; hubiese is an accepted auxiliary alternative in many contexts and is demonstrated after the table. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus invariant venido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	hubiera venido	that I had come
Tú — you, singular informal	hubieras venido	that you had come
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	hubiera venido	that he / she had come; that you had come (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hubiéramos venido	that we had come
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hubierais venido	that you had come (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hubieran venido	that they had come; that you had come (plural)

• Si hubiera venido antes, habría encontrado sitio. — If I had come earlier, I would have found a place.
• Si hubieses venido con nosotros, lo habrías visto. — If you had come with us, you would have seen it.

Venir future perfect subjunctive conjugation

Future perfect subjunctive (el futuro perfecto de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. Treat it as a formal or historical reference form, not an everyday conversational target. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus invariant venido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	hubiere venido	if / when I should have come
Tú — you, singular informal	hubieres venido	if / when you should have come
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	hubiere venido	if / when he / she should have come; if / when you should have come (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hubiéremos venido	if / when we should have come
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hubiereis venido	if / when you should have come (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hubieren venido	if / when they should have come; if / when you should have come (plural)

• Si hubieren venido invitados adicionales, deberán registrarse. — If additional guests should have come, they must register.

Venir imperative and commands

Commands address another person directly. The nosotros/nosotras row is a present-subjunctive form used with exhortative “let’s…” value.

Venir affirmative commands

Use the verified affirmative command forms for direct instructions when the target meaning supports them naturally.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	ven	come
Usted — you, singular formal	venga	come (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	vengamos	let’s come
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	venid	come (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	vengan	come (plural)

• Ven aquí, por favor. — Come here, please.

Venir negative commands

Negative commands use subjunctive-based forms, with no — “not / do not” — before the verb.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	no vengas	do not come
Usted — you, singular formal	no venga	do not come (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	no vengamos	let’s not come
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	no vengáis	do not come (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	no vengan	do not come (plural)

• No vengas demasiado tarde. — Do not come too late.

Common constructions with Venir

These patterns show sentence frames that materially affect how the target verb is used.

• venir a + place. — to come to a place.
• venir de + place / origin. — to come from a place or origin.
• venir a + infinitive. — to come to do something; in some contexts, to end up / amount approximately to.
• venir bien / mal a alguien. — to suit / be convenient or inconvenient for someone.

Example sentences with Venir

These examples reinforce the target verb across useful forms and contexts already taught in the lesson.

• ¿Vienes conmigo? — Are you coming with me?
• Vengo de Madrid. — I come from Madrid.
• Ese horario me viene bien. — That schedule works well for me.
• Espero que vengas temprano. — I hope you come early.
• Han venido muchos invitados. — Many guests have come.
• Ven por esta puerta. — Come through this door.

Regional and usage notes for Venir

The core tables retain tú, usted, vosotros/vosotras, and ustedes for project comparability. Voseo changes some second-person singular forms in regions where vos — “you, singular informal” — is used.

• Vos venís mañana. — You are coming tomorrow. (voseo)
• Vení conmigo. — Come with me. (affirmative vos command)

For venir, learn the stem families separately: veng-, stressed vien-, preterite vin-, future/conditional vendr-, and subjunctive vinier-. Then use the preposition to identify movement, origin, purpose, or convenience.