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How to say "to come" in Spanish

"To come" in Spanish is venir, pronounced beh-NEER (stress on the syllable in capitals).

Pronunciation is spelled out in English, one syllable at a time, with the stressed syllable in capitals. The speaker button uses your browser's built-in Spanish voice.

How to pronounce venir

Venir is pronounced beh-NEER, in IPA /beˈniɾ/. Venir has two syllables, beh-NEER, with the stress on the second. There is no written accent because the word follows the basic rule: words ending in a consonant other than -n or -s are stressed on the last syllable.

• V is pronounced like b.

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Example sentences

Ellos vienen mañana.
They come tomorrow.

Ven aquí
come here

"To come" in Spain and Latin America

Regional words and roots: Diccionario de la lengua española (RAE). Spanish varies by region, so treat these as the most common patterns, not strict rules.

How to remember venir

venir [beh-NEER] sounds like the English “van here”. Picture this:

The van comes here every noon: doors slide open and the whole street smells of churros.

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Practice venir

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venir: present and past forms

Verb forms: Wiktionary via UniMorph, CC BY-SA 3.0. Full venir conjugation: all tenses, with practice →

Word web: venir

Words that live next to venir in the Palabra word web, each with its own English sound-alike and scene. Learning them together makes each one easier to recall.