subvenir

Catalan

Alternative forms

• subvindre

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subvenīre.

Verb

subvenir (first-person singular present subvinc, first-person singular preterite subvinguí, past participle subvingut); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/

1. (intransitive) to pay, to meet (expenses)

Conjugation

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

infinitive			subvenir
gerund			subvenint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		subvingut		subvinguda
		plural		subvinguts		subvingudes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	subvinc	subvens	subvé	subvenim	subveniu	subvenen
	imperfect	subvenia	subvenies	subvenia	subveníem	subveníeu	subvenien
	future	subvindré	subvindràs	subvindrà	subvindrem	subvindreu	subvindran
	preterite	subvinguí	subvingueres	subvingué	subvinguérem	subvinguéreu	subvingueren
	conditional	subvindria	subvindries	subvindria	subvindríem	subvindríeu	subvindrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	subvingui	subvinguis	subvingui	subvinguem	subvingueu	subvinguin
	imperfect	subvingués	subvinguessis	subvingués	subvinguéssim	subvinguéssiu	subvinguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	subvén	subvingui	subvinguem	subveniu	subvinguin
	negative (no)	—	no subvinguis	no subvingui	no subvinguem	no subvingueu	no subvinguin

Further reading

• “subvenir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “subvenir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “subvenir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “subvenir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subveniō. Doublet of souvenir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syb.və.niʁ/

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Verb

subvenir

1. (transitive with à) to provide (for)
2. (transitive with à) to meet (needs)

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 subvenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	subvenir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	subvenant /syb.və.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		subvenu /syb.və.ny/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	subviens /syb.vjɛ̃/	subviens /syb.vjɛ̃/	subvient /syb.vjɛ̃/	subvenons /syb.və.nɔ̃/	subvenez /syb.və.ne/	subviennent /syb.vjɛn/
	imperfect	subvenais /syb.və.nɛ/	subvenais /syb.və.nɛ/	subvenait /syb.və.nɛ/	subvenions /syb.və.njɔ̃/	subveniez /syb.və.nje/	subvenaient /syb.və.nɛ/
	past historic2	subvins /syb.vɛ̃/	subvins /syb.vɛ̃/	subvint /syb.vɛ̃/	subvînmes /syb.vɛ̃m/	subvîntes /syb.vɛ̃t/	subvinrent /syb.vɛ̃ʁ/
	future	subviendrai /syb.vjɛ̃.dʁe/	subviendras /syb.vjɛ̃.dʁa/	subviendra /syb.vjɛ̃.dʁa/	subviendrons /syb.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/	subviendrez /syb.vjɛ̃.dʁe/	subviendront /syb.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	subviendrais /syb.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	subviendrais /syb.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	subviendrait /syb.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	subviendrions /syb.vjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	subviendriez /syb.vjɛ̃.dʁi.je/	subviendraient /syb.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	subvienne /syb.vjɛn/	subviennes /syb.vjɛn/	subvienne /syb.vjɛn/	subvenions /syb.və.njɔ̃/	subveniez /syb.və.nje/	subviennent /syb.vjɛn/
	imperfect2	subvinsse /syb.vɛ̃s/	subvinsses /syb.vɛ̃s/	subvînt /syb.vɛ̃/	subvinssions /syb.vɛ̃.sjɔ̃/	subvinssiez /syb.vɛ̃.sje/	subvinssent /syb.vɛ̃s/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	subviens /syb.vjɛ̃/	—	subvenons /syb.və.nɔ̃/	subvenez /syb.və.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

• subvention

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin subvenīre. Doublet of suvenir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /subeˈniɾ/ [su.β̞eˈniɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ

Verb

subvenir (first-person singular present subvengo, first-person singular preterite subvine, past participle subvenido)

1. to pay for, meet

Conjugation

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

infinitive			subvenir
gerund			subviniendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		subvenido		subvenida
		plural		subvenidos		subvenidas
		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	subvengo	subvienestú subvenísvos	subviene	subvenimos	subvenís	subvienen
	imperfect	subvenía	subvenías	subvenía	subveníamos	subveníais	subvenían
	preterite	subvine	subviniste	subvino	subvinimos	subvinisteis	subvinieron
	future	subvendré	subvendrás	subvendrá	subvendremos	subvendréis	subvendrán
	conditional	subvendría	subvendrías	subvendría	subvendríamos	subvendríais	subvendrían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	subvenga	subvengastú subvengásvos2	subvenga	subvengamos	subvengáis	subvengan
	imperfect (ra)	subviniera	subvinieras	subviniera	subviniéramos	subvinierais	subvinieran
	imperfect (se)	subviniese	subvinieses	subviniese	subviniésemos	subvinieseis	subviniesen
	future1	subviniere	subvinieres	subviniere	subviniéremos	subviniereis	subvinieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		subvéntú subvenívos	subvenga	subvengamos	subvenid	subvengan
	negative		no subvengas	no subvenga	no subvengamos	no subvengáis	no subvengan

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

    Selected combined forms of subvenir (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 subvenir
	dative	subvenirme	subvenirte	subvenirle, subvenirse	subvenirnos	subveniros	subvenirles, subvenirse
	accusative	subvenirme	subvenirte	subvenirlo, subvenirla, subvenirse	subvenirnos	subveniros	subvenirlos, subvenirlas, subvenirse
with gerund subviniendo
	dative	subviniéndome	subviniéndote	subviniéndole, subviniéndose	subviniéndonos	subviniéndoos	subviniéndoles, subviniéndose
	accusative	subviniéndome	subviniéndote	subviniéndolo, subviniéndola, subviniéndose	subviniéndonos	subviniéndoos	subviniéndolos, subviniéndolas, subviniéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative subvén
	dative	subvenme	subvente	subvenle	subvennos	not used	subvenles
	accusative	subvenme	subvente	subvenlo, subvenla	subvennos	not used	subvenlos, subvenlas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative subvení
	dative	subvenime	subvenite	subvenile	subveninos	not used	subveniles
	accusative	subvenime	subvenite	subvenilo, subvenila	subveninos	not used	subvenilos, subvenilas
with formal second-person singular imperative subvenga
	dative	subvéngame	not used	subvéngale, subvéngase	subvénganos	not used	subvéngales
	accusative	subvéngame	not used	subvéngalo, subvéngala, subvéngase	subvénganos	not used	subvéngalos, subvéngalas
with first-person plural imperative subvengamos
	dative	not used	subvengámoste	subvengámosle	subvengámonos	subvengámoos	subvengámosles
	accusative	not used	subvengámoste	subvengámoslo, subvengámosla	subvengámonos	subvengámoos	subvengámoslos, subvengámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative subvenid
	dative	subvenidme	not used	subvenidle	subvenidnos	subveníos	subvenidles
	accusative	subvenidme	not used	subvenidlo, subvenidla	subvenidnos	subveníos	subvenidlos, subvenidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative subvengan
	dative	subvénganme	not used	subvénganle	subvéngannos	not used	subvénganles, subvénganse
	accusative	subvénganme	not used	subvénganlo, subvénganla	subvéngannos	not used	subvénganlos, subvénganlas, subvénganse

Further reading

• “subvenir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014