venir.
Senses relating to literal movement.
Meaning & usage
Senses relating to literal movement. to come (move closer to some location (most often closer to the speaker), by default the speaker's location)
Senses relating to literal movement. to arrive
El tren viene a las 2.
Figurative senses. to come from, originate
Vengo de Morelos.
La palabra fútbol en español viene de la palabra inglesa football.
Figurative senses. to come (happen)
Lo que venga, lo acepto.
Figurative senses. to come (appear)
Las amistades vienen y van.
Figurative senses. to come (to have some characteristic or quality) (with an adjective or prepositional phrase)
Estas botellas de agua vienen en packs de 4 y 6.
Las cartas vienen en sobres para que no se estropeen.
Figurative senses. to receive something, get something
Me vino tu paquete.
Me vino un email tuyo.
Figurative senses. to get (something felt in one's body or perceived in one's mind, a feeling, an illness, pain, an urge, an idea, etc.)
La semana pasada me vino una migraña tan fuerte que pensé que me iba a morir.
Figurative senses. to be coming or coming up (of a date, event, etc.)
Ya viene Navidad, así que vete haciendo el árbol.
Figurative senses. translated with next (used with semana, mes, año, days of the week, etc.)
La semana que viene tengo un examen de mates.
Figurative senses. translated with be about, mean
¿A qué viene eso?
Figurative senses. translated with end up
La reunión se suponía que iba a durar una hora, pero vino a durar tres.
Figurative senses. to be (with "bien" (convenient, helpful, good), "mal" (bad), etc.)
Gracias por la crítica, me viene bien.
¿Te viene bien el jueves para tomar algo?
Figurative senses. to suit (well, badly)
Figurative senses. to fit, to be (of clothing, with adjectives like "grande" (be big), etc., or "bien" (fit well))
Figurative senses. to orgasm, to cum, to come
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti Proto-Italic *gʷəniō Latin veniō Old Spanish venir Spanish venir Inherited from Old Spanish venir, from Latin veniō. Cognate with Ladino venir.
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