convenir

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Inherited from Latin convenīre.

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convenir (first-person singular present convinc, first-person singular preterite convinguí, past participle convingut); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/

  1. (intransitive) to be apt or suitable
  2. (intransitive) to agree (to harmonize in opinion or action)
    Synonym: estar d'acord

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin convenire. Spelt covenir in Old French, etymologically reconstructed in Middle French to closer match the original Latin spelling.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃v.niʁ/
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Verb[edit]

convenir

  1. to admit; to agree [+ de (object) = to/upon]
    convenir du prix de quelque choseto agree on the price of something
    Je conviens que c’est un problème.I agree that it's a problem.
  2. to suit; to be convenient for [+ à (someone)]
    On se voit mardi, si cela convient aux autres.We’ll meet up on Tuesday, if this suits the others.
    • 1933, Henri Gaussen, Géographie des Plantes, Armand Colin, page 67:
      Il est bien évident que les plantes vivent uniquement dans les milieux qui leur conviennent []
      It is obvious that plants live solely in the environments which suit them []
  3. (impersonal) to be appropriate or admissible (to be agreed upon according to convention) [+ de (object)]
    Il ne me convient pas d’agir ainsi.It would not suit me to act in that way.
    • 1963, Simone De Beauvoir, La Force des choses, Éditions Gallimard:
      Les jeunes femmes ont un sens aigu de ce qu’il convient de faire et de ne pas faire quand on a cessé d’être jeune. « Je ne comprends pas, disent-elles, que passé quarante ans on se teigne en blond ; qu’on s’exhibe en bikini ; qu’on coquette avec les hommes. Moi, quand j’aurai cet âge-là... »
      Young women have a sharp sense of what they should and should not do when they are no longer young. They say, "I don't understand women over forty who dye their hair blonde, who show themselves off in bikinis and flirt with men. When I am that age..."

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  • When conjugating convenir, compound tenses cannot be formed using être as the auxiliary verb in the sense of “to suit”. It must take avoir. This is even though it derives from venir, which takes être.

Conjugation[edit]

This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -venir, such as revenir and devenir, are conjugated this way. Such verbs are the only verbs whose the past historic and subjunctive imperfect endings do not start in one of these thematic vowels (-a-, -i-, -u-).

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin convenīre.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kombeˈniɾ/ [kõm.beˈniɾ]
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: con‧ve‧nir

Verb[edit]

convenir (first-person singular present convengo, first-person singular preterite convine, past participle convenido)

  1. (transitive) to agree, agree on, agree upon
    Synonyms: acordar, concordar
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to be convenient, suit
  3. to admit
    Synonym: admitir
  4. to arrange (bring together various parts to build or form something)
  5. (transitive) to convene

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