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 a high-frequency 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. Press Enter to check each answer.
yo: vengo, tú: vienes, él: viene, nosotros: venimos, vosotros: venís, ellos: vienen
Venir is irregular.
Use venir in multiple tenses to show range — present, preterite and future at minimum. This is a key criterion for higher GCSE marks.
Verbs that are easy to confuse with venir or that behave like it.
This reference is written for UK GCSE and A-Level Spanish learners and their teachers. It is designed for exam revision: every form is checked against standard conjugation rules, and the examples reflect the registers and topics that come up in the AQA, Edexcel and Eduqas specifications. Venir is a high-frequency verb and appears often in exam papers. For active recall, use the free practice tool rather than only reading the tables.