revenir

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin revenīre, present active infinitive of reveniō (“come back, return”).

Verb

revenir (first-person singular present revinc, past participle revingut)

1. come again
2. return
3. of a river, to rise in level

Conjugation

As intervenir.

    Conjugation of revenir (second conjugation with velar infix, type tenir)

infinitive			revenir
present participle			revenint
past participle			revingut
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
Indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	revinc	revens	revé	revenim	reveniu	revenen
	imperfect	revenia	revenies	revenia	reveníem	reveníeu	revenien
	future	revindré	revindràs	revindrà	revindrem	revindreu	revindran
	preterite	revinguí	revingueres	revingué	revinguérem	revinguéreu	revingueren
	conditional	revindria	revindries	revindria	revindríem	revindríeu	revindrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella	nosaltres	vosaltres	ells/elles
	present	revingui	revinguis	revingui	revinguem	revingueu	revinguin
	imperfect	revingués	revinguessis	revingués	revinguéssim	revinguéssiu	revinguessin
imperative		-	tu	ell/ella	nosaltres	vosaltres	ells/elles
			revén	revingui	revinguem	reveniu	revinguin

Related terms

• reveniment m

References

• Institut d'Estudis Catalans (1995). Diccionari de la llengua catalana (4ta. edició). ISBN 84-412-2477-3.

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French

Etymology

From Latin revenīre, present active infinitive of reveniō (“come back, return”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ʁəv(ə)niʁ/ X-SAMPA: /R@v(@)niR/

Verb

revenir

1. to come back, to return

   Je reviens de mes vacances.

   I'm coming back from my holiday.

   Je n'ai pas l'intention de revenir à Paris.

   I am not planning on returning to Paris.

2. (cooking, preceded by faire) to brown

   Mettez un peu de beurre et d’huile et faites revenir sur le gaz.

   Put in a bit of butter and oil and brown on the gas cooker.

See also

• rentrer
• retourner
• venir

Conjugation

   Conjugation of revenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		revenir			être revenu
gerund		en revenant			en étant revenu
present participle		revenant
past participle		revenu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	reviens	reviens	revient	revenons	revenez	reviennent
	imperfect	revenais	revenais	revenait	revenions	reveniez	revenaient
	past historic1	revins	revins	revint	revînmes	revîntes	revinrent
	future	reviendrai	reviendras	reviendra	reviendrons	reviendrez	reviendront
	conditional	reviendrais	reviendrais	reviendrait	reviendrions	reviendriez	reviendraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of être followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of être followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of être followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of être followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	revienne	reviennes	revienne	revenions	reveniez	reviennent
	imperfect1	revinsse	revinsses	revînt	revinssions	revinssiez	revinssent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of être followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	reviens	—	revenons	revenez	—
1literary tenses

Derived terms

• revenir de loin
• revenu, revenue
• revenant

Anagrams

• enivrer, reverni, verrine

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Middle French

Verb

revenir

1. to come back, to return

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Old French

Verb

revenir

1. to come back, to return
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Yvain ou le Chevalier au Lion:

     En la cambre revient mout tost

     [She] quickly came back into the room

Conjugation

• Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

   Conjugation of venir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		venir			estre reveneü, estre revenu
gerund		en revenant			Use the gerund of estre followed by the past participle
present participle		revenant
past participle		reveneü, estre revenu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	revieng	reviens	revieng	revenons	revenés, revenez	reviengent
	imperfect	revenois	revenois	revenoit	revenions	reveniez	revenoient
	past historic	revins, revenis	revins, revenis	revinst	revenimes	revenistes	revinrent
	future	revenrai	revenrais	revenrai	revenrions	revenriez	revenraient
	conditional	revenroies	revenroies	revenroit	revenriions	revenriiez	revenroient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of estre followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of estre followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of estre followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of estre followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of estre followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	revieng	reviens	revieng	revenions	reveniez	reviengent
	imperfect	revenisse	revenisses	revenist	revenissons	revenisseiz	revenissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of estre followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of estre followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	reviens	—	revenés, revenez	revenons	—

Descendants

• Jèrriais: r'vénîn

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Spanish

Etymology

From re- +‎ venir

Verb

revenir (first-person singular present revengo, first-person singular preterite revine, past participle revenido)

1. (intransitive) to return, revert
2. (pronominal) to shrink, reduce
3. (pronominal) to go bad, spoil, turn sour (of food)

Synonyms

• (return): retornar, volver
• (shrink): encogerse, consumirse
• (go bad): acedarse, avinagrarse

Conjugation

    Conjugation of revenir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			revenir
gerund			reviniendo
past participle			revenido
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	revengo	revienes	reviene	revenimos	revenís	revienen
	imperfect	revenía	revenías	revenía	reveníamos	reveníais	revenían
	preterite	revine	reviniste	revino	revinimos	revinisteis	revinieron
	future	revendré	revendrás	revendrá	revendremos	revendréis	revendrán
	conditional	revendría	revendrías	revendría	revendríamos	revendríais	revendrían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	revenga	revengas	revenga	revengamos	revengáis	revengan
	imperfect (ra)	reviniera	revinieras	reviniera	reviniéramos	revinierais	revinieran
	imperfect (se)	reviniese	revinieses	reviniese	reviniésemos	revinieseis	reviniesen
	future	reviniere	revinieres	reviniere	reviniéremos	reviniereis	revinieren
imperative		—	tú	usted	nosotros	vosotros	ustedes
	affirmative		revén	revenga	revengamos	revenid	revengan
	negative		no revengas	no revenga	no revengamos	no revengáis	no revengan

Other verbs with this conjugation:

[+] Spanish verbs ending in -ir (conjugation venir)