intervenir

Catalan

Alternative forms

• intervindre

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intervenīre (“intervene”). Cf. also the archaic and dialectal form entrevenir, which may have been inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [in.tər.bəˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [in.tər.vəˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.teɾ.veˈniɾ]
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

intervenir (first-person singular present intervinc, first-person singular preterite intervinguí, past participle intervingut); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. to intervene

Conjugation

    Conjugation of intervenir (third conjugation, without -eix-, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			intervenir
gerund			intervenint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		intervingut		intervinguda
		plural		intervinguts		intervingudes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	intervinc	intervens	intervé	intervenim	interveniu	intervenen
	imperfect	intervenia	intervenies	intervenia	interveníem	interveníeu	intervenien
	future	intervindré	intervindràs	intervindrà	intervindrem	intervindreu	intervindran
	preterite	intervinguí	intervingueres	intervingué	intervinguérem	intervinguéreu	intervingueren
	conditional	intervindria	intervindries	intervindria	intervindríem	intervindríeu	intervindrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	intervingui	intervinguis	intervingui	intervinguem	intervingueu	intervinguin
	imperfect	intervingués	intervinguessis	intervingués	intervinguéssim	intervinguéssiu	intervinguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	intervén	intervingui	intervinguem	interveniu	intervinguin
	negative (no)	—	no intervinguis	no intervingui	no intervinguem	no intervingueu	no intervinguin

Related terms

• intervenció
• interventor
• venir

Further reading

• “intervenir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “intervenir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “intervenir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “intervenir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French intervenir (attested since 1475), borrowed from Latin intervenīre (“intervene”). Compare also Old French entrevenir, which may have been inherited or a composition with venir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.niʁ/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧ve‧nir

Verb

intervenir

1. to intervene
2. to take part

   Synonym: prendre part

Conjugation

• This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -venir, such as convenir 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 intervenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	intervenir
	compound	être + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	intervenant /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.nɑ̃/
	compound	étant + past participle
past participle		intervenu /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.ny/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	interviens /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃/	interviens /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃/	intervient /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃/	intervenons /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.nɔ̃/	intervenez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.ne/	interviennent /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛn/
	imperfect	intervenais /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.nɛ/	intervenais /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.nɛ/	intervenait /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.nɛ/	intervenions /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.njɔ̃/	interveniez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.nje/	intervenaient /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.nɛ/
	past historic2	intervins /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛ̃/	intervins /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛ̃/	intervint /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛ̃/	intervînmes /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛ̃m/	intervîntes /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛ̃t/	intervinrent /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛ̃ʁ/
	future	interviendrai /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁe/	interviendras /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁa/	interviendra /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁa/	interviendrons /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/	interviendrez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁe/	interviendront /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	interviendrais /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	interviendrais /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	interviendrait /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	interviendrions /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	interviendriez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁi.je/	interviendraient /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of être + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of être + past participle
	future perfect	future of être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	intervienne /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛn/	interviennes /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛn/	intervienne /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛn/	intervenions /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.njɔ̃/	interveniez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.nje/	interviennent /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛn/
	imperfect2	intervinsse /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛ̃s/	intervinsses /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛ̃s/	intervînt /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛ̃/	intervinssions /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛ̃.sjɔ̃/	intervinssiez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛ̃.sje/	intervinssent /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛ̃s/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of être + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	interviens /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃/	—	intervenons /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.nɔ̃/	intervenez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.ne/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of être + past participle	—	simple imperative of être + past participle	simple imperative of être + 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

• intervenant (“intervening; stakeholder”)
• interventeur
• intervention (“intervention”)

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intervenīre (“intervene”). Cf. also the archaic form entrevenir, which may have been inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inteɾbeˈniɾ/ [ĩn̪.t̪eɾ.β̞eˈniɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: in‧ter‧ve‧nir

Verb

intervenir (first-person singular present intervengo, first-person singular preterite intervine, past participle intervenido)

1. to intervene
2. to participate

   Synonyms: participar, tomar parte, ter parte

Conjugation

    Conjugation of intervenir (irregular; e-ie-i alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			intervenir
gerund			interviniendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		intervenido		intervenida
		plural		intervenidos		intervenidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	intervengo	intervienestú intervenísvos	interviene	intervenimos	intervenís	intervienen
	imperfect	intervenía	intervenías	intervenía	interveníamos	interveníais	intervenían
	preterite	intervine	interviniste	intervino	intervinimos	intervinisteis	intervinieron
	future	intervendré	intervendrás	intervendrá	intervendremos	intervendréis	intervendrán
	conditional	intervendría	intervendrías	intervendría	intervendríamos	intervendríais	intervendrían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	intervenga	intervengastú intervengásvos2	intervenga	intervengamos	intervengáis	intervengan
	imperfect (ra)	interviniera	intervinieras	interviniera	interviniéramos	intervinierais	intervinieran
	imperfect (se)	interviniese	intervinieses	interviniese	interviniésemos	intervinieseis	interviniesen
	future1	interviniere	intervinieres	interviniere	interviniéremos	interviniereis	intervinieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		intervéntú intervenívos	intervenga	intervengamos	intervenid	intervengan
	negative		no intervengas	no intervenga	no intervengamos	no intervengáis	no intervengan

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of intervenir (irregular; e-ie-i alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive intervenir	dative	intervenirme	intervenirte	intervenirle, intervenirse	intervenirnos	interveniros	intervenirles, intervenirse
	accusative	intervenirme	intervenirte	intervenirlo, intervenirla, intervenirse	intervenirnos	interveniros	intervenirlos, intervenirlas, intervenirse
with gerund interviniendo	dative	interviniéndome	interviniéndote	interviniéndole, interviniéndose	interviniéndonos	interviniéndoos	interviniéndoles, interviniéndose
	accusative	interviniéndome	interviniéndote	interviniéndolo, interviniéndola, interviniéndose	interviniéndonos	interviniéndoos	interviniéndolos, interviniéndolas, interviniéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative intervén	dative	intervenme	intervente	intervenle	intervennos	not used	intervenles
	accusative	intervenme	intervente	intervenlo, intervenla	intervennos	not used	intervenlos, intervenlas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative intervení	dative	intervenime	intervenite	intervenile	interveninos	not used	interveniles
	accusative	intervenime	intervenite	intervenilo, intervenila	interveninos	not used	intervenilos, intervenilas
with formal second-person singular imperative intervenga	dative	intervéngame	not used	intervéngale, intervéngase	intervénganos	not used	intervéngales
	accusative	intervéngame	not used	intervéngalo, intervéngala, intervéngase	intervénganos	not used	intervéngalos, intervéngalas
with first-person plural imperative intervengamos	dative	not used	intervengámoste	intervengámosle	intervengámonos	intervengámoos	intervengámosles
	accusative	not used	intervengámoste	intervengámoslo, intervengámosla	intervengámonos	intervengámoos	intervengámoslos, intervengámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative intervenid	dative	intervenidme	not used	intervenidle	intervenidnos	interveníos	intervenidles
	accusative	intervenidme	not used	intervenidlo, intervenidla	intervenidnos	interveníos	intervenidlos, intervenidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative intervengan	dative	intervénganme	not used	intervénganle	intervéngannos	not used	intervénganles, intervénganse
	accusative	intervénganme	not used	intervénganlo, intervénganla	intervéngannos	not used	intervénganlos, intervénganlas, intervénganse

Related terms

• intervención
• interventor

Further reading

• “intervenir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10