What does venir mean?
venir means to come in English. It is a go verb and irregular stem and one of the verbs Spanish learners should recognize quickly because it appears in everyday speech, stories, instructions, and classroom practice.
Learning a verb well means more than memorizing one form. You need to see how the verb changes with different subjects, how it behaves in the past, and how it sounds in practical sentences. This page gives you a compact reference for venir and connects it to related VerbyGo practice pages.
venir conjugation table
Use this table as a starting point for active recall. Cover one column, say the pronoun, and try to produce the form before checking the answer.
| Pronoun | Present | Preterite | Imperfect | Future |
| yo |
vengo |
vine |
venía |
vendré |
| tú |
vienes |
viniste |
venías |
vendrás |
| él / ella / usted |
viene |
vino |
venía |
vendrá |
| nosotros/as |
venimos |
vinimos |
veníamos |
vendremos |
| ellos/as / ustedes |
vienen |
vinieron |
venían |
vendrán |
Examples with venir
- Vengo de Colombia. I come from Colombia.
- Ella venía todos los días. She used to come every day.
- Vendremos temprano. We will come early.
Read each example as a full sentence. This helps you connect the form to meaning, not just to a chart. If a form feels difficult, practice it with several pronouns before moving to a new tense.
Practice prompts
- Conjugate venir for yo in the present.
- Conjugate venir for ella in the preterite.
- Conjugate venir for nosotros/as in the imperfect.
- Write one sentence using venir in the future.
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