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How to conjugate Provenir in Spanish

provenir to come from, to originate Irregular Verb

At a glance: Provenir (to come from, to originate) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: provengo, provienes, proviene, provenimos, provenís, provienen. It is conjugated like venir. Yo adds a g (provengo); tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change e to ie (provienes, proviene, provienen); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the preterite (provine), future (provendré), conditional (provendría), subjunctive and gerund (proviniendo).

Past participle
provenido come from
Gerund
proviniendo coming from
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originar
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Indicative tenses of Provenir

Provenir in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of provenir is used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths. For example, “provengo”, meaning “I come from”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoprovengoI come from
Túprovienesyou come from
Ella / Él / Ustedprovienes/he comes from
Nosotras / Nosotrosprovenimoswe come from
Vosotras / Vosotrosprovenísyou (plural) come from
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesprovienenthey come from

How it’s built: Yo adds a g (provengo); tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change e to ie (provienes, proviene, provienen); nosotros and vosotros are regular.

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Provenir in the Indicative Preterite

The Indicative Preterite of provenir is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “provine”, meaning “I came from”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoprovineI came from
Túprovinisteyou came from
Ella / Él / Ustedprovinos/he came from
Nosotras / Nosotrosprovinimoswe came from
Vosotras / Vosotrosprovinisteisyou (plural) came from
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesprovinieronthey came from

How it’s built: Irregular stem provin- plus the endings -e, -iste, -o, -imos, -isteis, -ieron.

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Provenir in the Indicative Imperfect

The Indicative Imperfect of provenir is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “provenía”, meaning “I used to come from”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoproveníaI used to come from
Túproveníasyou used to come from
Ella / Él / Ustedprovenías/he used to come from
Nosotras / Nosotrosproveníamoswe used to come from
Vosotras / Vosotrosproveníaisyou (plural) used to come from
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesproveníanthey used to come from

How it’s built: Regular: stem proven- plus the -ir endings.

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Provenir in the Indicative Present Continuous

The Indicative Present Continuous of provenir is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy proviniendo”, meaning “I am coming from”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yoestoy proviniendoI am coming from
Túestás proviniendoyou are coming from
Ella / Él / Ustedestá proviniendos/he is coming from
Nosotras / Nosotrosestamos proviniendowe are coming from
Vosotras / Vosotrosestáis proviniendoyou (plural) are coming from
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesestán proviniendothey are coming from

How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the irregular gerund proviniendo.

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Provenir in the Indicative Informal Future

The Indicative Informal Future of provenir is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a provenir”, meaning “I am going to come from”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yovoy a provenirI am going to come from
Túvas a proveniryou are going to come from
Ella / Él / Ustedva a provenirs/he is going to come from
Nosotras / Nosotrosvamos a provenirwe are going to come from
Vosotras / Vosotrosvais a proveniryou (plural) are going to come from
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesvan a provenirthey are going to come from

How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive provenir.

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Provenir in the Indicative Future

The Indicative Future of provenir is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “provendré”, meaning “I will come from”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoprovendréI will come from
Túprovendrásyou will come from
Ella / Él / Ustedprovendrás/he will come from
Nosotras / Nosotrosprovendremoswe will come from
Vosotras / Vosotrosprovendréisyou (plural) will come from
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesprovendránthey will come from

How it’s built: Irregular stem provendr- instead of provenir, plus the future endings.

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Provenir in the Indicative Conditional

The Indicative Conditional of provenir is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “provendría”, meaning “I would come from”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoprovendríaI would come from
Túprovendríasyou would come from
Ella / Él / Ustedprovendrías/he would come from
Nosotras / Nosotrosprovendríamoswe would come from
Vosotras / Vosotrosprovendríaisyou (plural) would come from
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesprovendríanthey would come from

How it’s built: Irregular stem provendr- instead of provenir, plus the conditional endings.

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Provenir in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of provenir is used to describe actions that started recently (in the past) and are still happening now or things that have been done recently. For example, “he provenido”, meaning “I have come from”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohe provenidoI have come from
Túhas provenidoyou have come from
Ella / Él / Ustedha provenidos/he has come from
Nosotras / Nosotroshemos provenidowe have come from
Vosotras / Vosotroshabéis provenidoyou (plural) have come from
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshan provenidothey have come from

How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle provenido.

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Provenir in the Indicative Past Perfect

The Indicative Past Perfect of provenir is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “había provenido”, meaning “I had come from”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabía provenidoI had come from
Túhabías provenidoyou had come from
Ella / Él / Ustedhabía provenidos/he had come from
Nosotras / Nosotroshabíamos provenidowe had come from
Vosotras / Vosotroshabíais provenidoyou (plural) had come from
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabían provenidothey had come from

How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle provenido.

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Provenir in the Indicative Future Perfect

The Indicative Future Perfect of provenir is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré provenido”, meaning “I will have come from”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabré provenidoI will have come from
Túhabrás provenidoyou will have come from
Ella / Él / Ustedhabrá provenidos/he will have come from
Nosotras / Nosotroshabremos provenidowe will have come from
Vosotras / Vosotroshabréis provenidoyou (plural) will have come from
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrán provenidothey will have come from

How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle provenido.

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Provenir in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

The Indicative Conditional Perfect of provenir is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habría provenido”, meaning “I would have come from”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabría provenidoI would have come from
Túhabrías provenidoyou would have come from
Ella / Él / Ustedhabría provenidos/he would have come from
Nosotras / Nosotroshabríamos provenidowe would have come from
Vosotras / Vosotroshabríais provenidoyou (plural) would have come from
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrían provenidothey would have come from

How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle provenido.

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Subjunctive tenses of Provenir

Provenir in the Subjunctive Present

The Subjunctive Present is used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about. For example, “provenga”, meaning “I come from”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoprovengaI come from
Túprovengasyou come from
Ella / Él / Ustedprovengas/he comes from
Nosotras / Nosotrosprovengamoswe come from
Vosotras / Vosotrosprovengáisyou (plural) come from
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesprovenganthey come from

How it’s built: Every form follows the yo present, provengo (provenga, provengas, provenga, provengamos, provengáis, provengan).

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Provenir in the Subjunctive Imperfect

The Subjunctive Imperfect is used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past or to cast an opinion (emotional) about something that happened in the past. For example, “proviniera”, meaning “I came from”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoprovinieraI came from
Túprovinierasyou came from
Ella / Él / Ustedprovinieras/he came from
Nosotras / Nosotrosproviniéramoswe came from
Vosotras / Vosotrosprovinieraisyou (plural) came from
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesprovinieranthey came from

How it’s built: Built on the irregular ellas/ellos preterite, provinieron: drop -ron and add the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (proviniéramos).

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Provenir in the Subjunctive Future

The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, “proviniere”, meaning “I will come from”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoproviniereI will come from
Túprovinieresyou will come from
Ella / Él / Ustedprovinieres/he will come from
Nosotras / Nosotrosproviniéremoswe will come from
Vosotras / Vosotrosproviniereisyou (plural) will come from
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesprovinierenthey will come from

How it’s built: Built on the irregular ellas/ellos preterite, provinieron: drop -ron and add the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (proviniéremos).

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Provenir in the Subjunctive Present Perfect

The Subjunctive Present Perfect is used to describe past actions or events that are still connected to the present day and to speak about an action that will have happened by a certain time in the future. For example, “haya provenido”, meaning “I have come from”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohaya provenidoI have come from
Túhayas provenidoyou have come from
Ella / Él / Ustedhaya provenidos/he has come from
Nosotras / Nosotroshayamos provenidowe have come from
Vosotras / Vosotroshayáis provenidoyou (plural) have come from
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshayan provenidothey have come from

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle provenido.

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Provenir in the Subjunctive Past Perfect

The Subjunctive Past Perfect is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that occurred before other actions/events in the past. For example, “hubiera provenido”, meaning “I had come from”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiera provenidoI had come from
Túhubieras provenidoyou had come from
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiera provenidos/he had come from
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéramos provenidowe had come from
Vosotras / Vosotroshubierais provenidoyou (plural) had come from
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieran provenidothey had come from

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle provenido.

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Provenir in the Subjunctive Future Perfect

The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, “hubiere provenido”, meaning “I will have come from”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiere provenidoI will have come from
Túhubieres provenidoyou will have come from
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiere provenidos/he will have come from
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéremos provenidowe will have come from
Vosotras / Vosotroshubiereis provenidoyou (plural) will have come from
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieren provenidothey will have come from

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle provenido.

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Imperative tenses of Provenir

Provenir in the Imperative Affirmative

The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “provenga”, meaning “(to you formal) come from!”.

In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túprovén(to you) come from!
Ella / Él / Ustedprovenga(to you formal) come from!
Nosotras / Nosotrosprovengamoslet's come from!
Vosotras / Vosotrosprovenid(to you plural) come from!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesprovengan(to you plural formal) come from!

How it’s built: Tú is irregular (provén); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (provenga, provengamos, provengan); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (provenid).

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Provenir in the Imperative Negative

The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no provenga”, meaning “(to you formal) don't come from!”.

In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túno provengas(to you) don't come from!
Ella / Él / Ustedno provenga(to you formal) don't come from!
Nosotras / Nosotrosno provengamoslet's not come from!
Vosotras / Vosotrosno provengáis(to you plural) don't come from!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno provengan(to you plural formal) don't come from!

How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no provengas, no provenga, no provengamos, no provengáis, no provengan.

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Frequently asked questions about Provenir

Is provenir a regular or irregular verb?

Provenir is an irregular Spanish verb. It is conjugated like venir. In the present tense: yo adds a g (provengo); tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change e to ie (provienes, proviene, provienen); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the preterite (provine), future (provendré), conditional (provendría), subjunctive and gerund (proviniendo).

How do you conjugate provenir in the present tense (presente)?

In the present tense (presente), provenir is conjugated as: yo provengo, tú provienes, él/ella/usted proviene, nosotros provenimos, vosotros provenís, ellos/ellas/ustedes provienen. The present tense is used To talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths.

How do you conjugate provenir in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?

In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), provenir is conjugated as: yo provine, tú proviniste, él/ella/usted provino, nosotros provinimos, vosotros provinisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes provinieron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.

How do you conjugate provenir in the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto)?

In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), provenir is conjugated as: yo provenía, tú provenías, él/ella/usted provenía, nosotros proveníamos, vosotros proveníais, ellos/ellas/ustedes provenían. The imperfect is used To describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do.

How do you conjugate provenir in the future tense (futuro simple)?

In the future tense (futuro simple), provenir is conjugated as: yo provendré, tú provendrás, él/ella/usted provendrá, nosotros provendremos, vosotros provendréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes provendrán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.

How do you conjugate provenir in the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente)?

In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), provenir is conjugated as: yo provenga, tú provengas, él/ella/usted provenga, nosotros provengamos, vosotros provengáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes provengan. The present subjunctive is used To talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about.


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