Venir is one of the most important irregular verbs in Spanish — it appears in virtually every GCSE and A-Level task.
Practice venir free →Venir means 'to come', and like its opposite ir, it is both essential and irregular. The yo form is vengo, the stem changes to vien- in much of the present, and the preterite is irregular (vine, vino), as are the future and conditional stems (vendré, vendría). Venir is about movement towards the speaker, which is the key difference from ir. The phrase venir bien means 'to suit'. Because it is irregular in several tenses at once, venir rewards focused practice.
Quick facts
Venir (to come) is an irregular -ir verb.
Real sentences across different tenses — the kind of thing you'd actually say or write.
Movement towards the speaker: vengo a clase; ¿vienes? (are you coming?).
Venir de: vengo de la tienda (I'm coming from the shop).
Venir bien: me viene bien el sábado.
El año que viene (next year) — a fixed phrase.
Fixed expressions worth knowing — they come up in listening, reading and writing tasks.
Idiomatic expressions
The preterite is vine, viniste, vino, vinimos, vinisteis, vinieron. Don't confuse it with ver (vi, viste, vio…). Also note the present: vengo (yo), vienes, viene — the g only appears in yo.
The yo form is irregular. The other forms stem-change (e→ie) in tú, él, and ellos.
Completely irregular stem: vin-. Apply standard preterite endings.
Irregular future stem: vendr-. Apply regular future endings to vendr-.
Uses the same irregular stem as the future: vendr-.
Irregular tú imperative: ven (not viene). Other forms: venga, vengamos, venid, vengan.
Uses the irregular future stem vendr-: habré venido.
The gerund of venir is irregular: viniendo (e→i).
Type conjugations from memory and get instant feedback. That's how you actually build the automatic recall the exam needs — not from reading tables.
Practice venir now →Three questions, no account needed. Type the form, then press Enter or tap Check.
yo: vengo, tú: vienes, él: viene, nosotros: venimos, vosotros: venís, ellos: vienen
Venir is irregular. The tenses with irregular forms are: Presente, Pretérito Indefinido, Futuro, Condicional, Imperativo, Futuro Compuesto, Presente Progresivo.
The past participle is venido (he venido) and the gerund is viniendo (estoy viniendo).
Verbs that are easy to confuse with venir or that behave like it.
Venir is on the AQA, Edexcel and Eduqas GCSE Spanish vocabulary lists. Compare the exam boards.
Written by Daniel Holmes for GCSE & A-Level Spanish students.