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Catalan

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IPA^(key): (Central)[kum.bəˈni]
IPA^(key): (Balearic)[koɱ.vəˈni]
IPA^(key): (Valencia)[koɱ.veˈniɾ]
Rhymes:-i(ɾ)

Verb

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convenir (first-person singular presentconvinc,first-person singular preteriteconvinguí,past participleconvingut);root stress:(Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

(intransitive) to beapt orsuitable
(intransitive) toagree(to harmonize in opinion or action)
Synonym:estar d'acord

Conjugation

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

person		singular			plural
infinitive			convenir
gerund			convenint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		convingut		convinguda
		plural		convinguts		convingudes
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	convinc	convens	convé	convenim	conveniu	convenen
	imperfect	convenia	convenies	convenia	conveníem	conveníeu	convenien
	future	convindré	convindràs	convindrà	convindrem	convindreu	convindran
	preterite	convinguí	convingueres	convingué	convinguérem	convinguéreu	convingueren
	conditional	convindria	convindries	convindria	convindríem	convindríeu	convindrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	convingui	convinguis	convingui	convinguem	convingueu	convinguin
	imperfect	convingués	convinguessis	convingués	convinguéssim	convinguéssiu	convinguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	convén	convingui	convinguem	conveniu	convinguin
	negative (no)	—	no convinguis	no convingui	no convinguem	no convingueu	no convinguin

Derived terms

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desconvenir

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited fromLatinconvenire. Speltcovenir inOld French, etymologically reconstructed in Middle French to closer match the original Latin spelling.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /kɔ̃v.niʁ/
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Verb

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convenir

toadmit; toagree [withde‘to/upon’]
convenir du prix de quelque chose ―toagree on the price of something
Jeconviens que c’est un problème. ―Iagree that it's a problem.
tosuit; to beconvenient for[withà‘someone’]
On se voit mardi, si celaconvient aux autres. ―We’ll meet up on Tuesday, if thissuits the others.
- 1933, Henri Gaussen,Géographie des Plantes, Armand Colin, page67:
  Il est bien évident que les plantes vivent uniquement dans les milieux qui leurconviennent[…]
  It is obvious that plants live solely in the environments whichsuit them […]
(impersonal) to beappropriate oradmissible(to beagreed upon according to convention)[withde]
Il ne meconvient pas d’agir ainsi. ―It would notsuit me to act in that way.
- 1963, Simone De Beauvoir,La Force des choses, Éditions Gallimard:
  Les jeunes femmes ont un sens aigu de ce qu’ilconvient de faire et de ne pas faire quand on a cessé d’être jeune. « Je ne comprends pas, disent-elles, que passé quarante ans on se teigne en blond ; qu’on s’exhibe en bikini ; qu’on coquette avec les hommes. Moi, quand j’aurai cet âge-là... »
  Young women have a sharp sense of what theyshould and should not do when they are no longer young. They say, "I don't understand women over forty who dye their hair blonde, who show themselves off in bikinis and flirt with men. WhenI am that age..."

Usage notes

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When conjugatingconvenir, compound tensescannot be formed usingêtre as theauxiliary verb in the sense of “to suit”. It must takeavoir. This is even though it derives fromvenir, which takesêtre.

Conjugation

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This is a verb in a group of-ir verbs. All verbs ending in-venir, such asrevenir anddevenir, 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 ofconvenir(see alsoAppendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	convenir
present participle orgerund¹	simple	convenant /kɔ̃v.nɑ̃/
present participle orgerund¹	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 ofavoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative ofavoir + past participle
	past anterior²	past historic ofavoir + past participle
	future perfect	future ofavoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional ofavoir + 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/
(simple tenses)	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 ofavoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive ofavoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	conviens /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃/	—	convenons /kɔ̃v.nɔ̃/	convenez /kɔ̃v.ne/	—
compound		—	simple imperative ofavoir + past participle	—	simple imperative ofavoir + past participle	simple imperative ofavoir + past participle	—
¹ The French gerund is usable only with the prepositionen.
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).

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited fromLatinconvenīre.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /kombeˈniɾ/[kõm.beˈniɾ]
Rhymes:-iɾ
Syllabification:con‧ve‧nir

Verb

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convenir (first-person singular presentconvengo,first-person singular preteriteconvine,past participleconvenido)

(transitive) toagree, agree on, agree upon
Synonyms:acordar,concordar
(transitive, intransitive) to beconvenient,suit
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes,Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page287:
  El encuentro con un fraile es de mal ag[u umlaut]ero. Para neutralizarlo,conviene tocar rápidamente un objeto de metal.
  (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
toadmit
Synonym:admitir
toarrange(bring together various parts to build or form something)
(transitive) toconvene

Conjugation

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Conjugation ofconvenir (irregular; e-ie-i alternation) (SeeAppendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			convenir
gerund			conviniendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		convenido		convenida
		plural		convenidos		convenidas
		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	convengo	convienes^{^tú} convenís^{^vos}	conviene	convenimos	convenís	convienen
	imperfect	convenía	convenías	convenía	conveníamos	conveníais	convenían
	preterite	convine	conviniste	convino	convinimos	convinisteis	convinieron
	future	convendré	convendrás	convendrá	convendremos	convendréis	convendrán
	conditional	convendría	convendrías	convendría	convendríamos	convendríais	convendrían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	convenga	convengas^{^tú} convengás^{^vos²}	convenga	convengamos	convengáis	convengan
	imperfect (ra)	conviniera	convinieras	conviniera	conviniéramos	convinierais	convinieran
	imperfect (se)	conviniese	convinieses	conviniese	conviniésemos	convinieseis	conviniesen
	future¹	conviniere	convinieres	conviniere	conviniéremos	conviniereis	convinieren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		convén^{^tú} convení^{^vos}	convenga	convengamos	convenid	convengan
	negative		no convengas	no convenga	no convengamos	no convengáis	no convengan

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

Selected combined forms ofconvenir (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 infinitiveconvenir	dative	convenirme	convenirte	convenirle,convenirse	convenirnos	conveniros	convenirles,convenirse
with infinitiveconvenir	accusative	convenirme	convenirte	convenirlo,convenirla,convenirse	convenirnos	conveniros	convenirlos,convenirlas,convenirse

with gerundconviniendo	dative	conviniéndome	conviniéndote	conviniéndole,conviniéndose	conviniéndonos	conviniéndoos	conviniéndoles,conviniéndose
with gerundconviniendo	accusative	conviniéndome	conviniéndote	conviniéndolo,conviniéndola,conviniéndose	conviniéndonos	conviniéndoos	conviniéndolos,conviniéndolas,conviniéndose

with informal second-person singulartú imperativeconvén	dative	convenme	convente	convenle	convennos	not used	convenles
with informal second-person singulartú imperativeconvén	accusative	convenme	convente	convenlo,convenla	convennos	not used	convenlos,convenlas

with informal second-person singularvos imperativeconvení	dative	convenime	convenite	convenile	conveninos	not used	conveniles
with informal second-person singularvos imperativeconvení	accusative	convenime	convenite	convenilo,convenila	conveninos	not used	convenilos,convenilas

with formal second-person singular imperativeconvenga	dative	convéngame	not used	convéngale,convéngase	convénganos	not used	convéngales
with formal second-person singular imperativeconvenga	accusative	convéngame	not used	convéngalo,convéngala,convéngase	convénganos	not used	convéngalos,convéngalas

with first-person plural imperativeconvengamos	dative	not used	convengámoste	convengámosle	convengámonos	convengámoos	convengámosles
with first-person plural imperativeconvengamos	accusative	not used	convengámoste	convengámoslo,convengámosla	convengámonos	convengámoos	convengámoslos,convengámoslas

with informal second-person plural imperativeconvenid	dative	convenidme	not used	convenidle	convenidnos	conveníos	convenidles
with informal second-person plural imperativeconvenid	accusative	convenidme	not used	convenidlo,convenidla	convenidnos	conveníos	convenidlos,convenidlas

with formal second-person plural imperativeconvengan	dative	convénganme	not used	convénganle	convéngannos	not used	convénganles,convénganse
with formal second-person plural imperativeconvengan	accusative	convénganme	not used	convénganlo,convénganla	convéngannos	not used	convénganlos,convénganlas,convénganse

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