convenir

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin conveniō, convenīre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kum.bəˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koɱ.vəˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koɱ.veˈniɾ]

Verb

convenir (first-person singular present convinc, first-person singular preterite convinguí, past participle convingut)

1. (intransitive) to be apt or suitable
2. (intransitive) to agree (to harmonize in opinion or action)

   Synonym: estar d'acord

Related terms

• convenció
• conveni
• conveniència
• convenient

Further reading

• “convenir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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French

Etymology

From Latin convenire, present active infinitive of conveniō. Spelt covenir in Old French, etymologically reconstructed in Middle French to closer match the original Latin spelling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃v.niʁ/

• audio:

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Verb

convenir

1. (followed by de) to admit; to agree (to, upon)
2. (followed by à) to suit; to be convenient (for).

   On se voit mardi, si cela convient aux autres.

   We’ll meet up on Tuesday, if this suits the others.

Usage notes

When conjugating convenir, compound verbs 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

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-).

Conjugation of convenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	convenir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	convenant /kɔ̃v.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		convenu /kɔ̃v.ny/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	conviens /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃/	conviens /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃/	convient /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃/	convenons /kɔ̃v.nɔ̃/	convenez /kɔ̃v.ne/	conviennent /kɔ̃.vjɛn/
	imperfect	convenais /kɔ̃v.nɛ/	convenais /kɔ̃v.nɛ/	convenait /kɔ̃v.nɛ/	convenions /kɔ̃.və.njɔ̃/	conveniez /kɔ̃.və.nje/	convenaient /kɔ̃v.nɛ/
	past historic2	convins /kɔ̃.vɛ̃/	convins /kɔ̃.vɛ̃/	convint /kɔ̃.vɛ̃/	convînmes /kɔ̃.vɛ̃m/	convîntes /kɔ̃.vɛ̃t/	convinrent /kɔ̃.vɛ̃ʁ/
	future	conviendrai /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁe/	conviendras /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁa/	conviendra /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁa/	conviendrons /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/	conviendrez /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁe/	conviendront /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	conviendrais /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	conviendrais /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	conviendrait /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	conviendrions /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	conviendriez /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁi.je/	conviendraient /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	convienne /kɔ̃.vjɛn/	conviennes /kɔ̃.vjɛn/	convienne /kɔ̃.vjɛn/	convenions /kɔ̃.və.njɔ̃/	conveniez /kɔ̃.və.nje/	conviennent /kɔ̃.vjɛn/
	imperfect2	convinsse /kɔ̃.vɛ̃s/	convinsses /kɔ̃.vɛ̃s/	convînt /kɔ̃.vɛ̃/	convinssions /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.sjɔ̃/	convinssiez /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.sje/	convinssent /kɔ̃.vɛ̃s/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	conviens /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃/	—	convenons /kɔ̃v.nɔ̃/	convenez /kɔ̃v.ne/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• convenance
• convention

Further reading

• “convenir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin convenīre, present active infinitive of conveniō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kombeˈniɾ/ [kõm.beˈniɾ]

Verb

1. (transitive) to agree, to agree on, to agree upon
2. (transitive, intransitive) to be convenient, to suit
3. to admit
4. to arrange (as in to bring together various parts to build or form something)
5. (transitive) to convene

Related terms

• conveniencia
• conveniente
• convenio
• convención

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001