# 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, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
* (intransitive) to provide for, to meet [with a ‘expenses, needs’]

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | subvenir | subvenir | subvenir | subvenir | subvenir |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | subvenint | subvenint | subvenint | subvenint | subvenint |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | subvingut | subvingut | subvinguda | subvinguda |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | subvinguts | subvinguts | subvingudes | subvingudes |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| indicative | present | subvinc | subvens | subvé | subvenim | subveniu | subvenen |
| indicative | imperfect | subvenia | subvenies | subvenia | subveníem | subveníeu | subvenien |
| indicative | future | subvindré | subvindràs | subvindrà | subvindrem | subvindreu | subvindran |
| indicative | preterite | subvinguí | subvingueres | subvingué | subvinguérem | subvinguéreu | subvingueren |
| indicative | conditional | subvindria | subvindries | subvindria | subvindríem | subvindríeu | subvindrien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | subvingui | subvinguis | subvingui | subvinguem | subvingueu | subvinguin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | subvingués | subvinguessis | subvingués | subvinguéssim | subvinguéssiu | subvinguessin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | subvén | subvingui | subvinguem | subveniu | subvinguin |
| imperative | 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: /syb.və.niʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

subvenir
* (intransitive) to provide for, to meet [with à ‘expenses, 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-).

#### 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: /subbeˈniɾ/ [suβ̞.β̞eˈniɾ], /subeˈniɾ/ [su.β̞eˈniɾ]
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: sub‧ve‧nir

### Verb

subvenir (first-person singular present subvengo, first-person singular preterite subvine, past participle subvenido)
* (intransitive) to provide for, to meet [with a ‘expenses, needs’]
** 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 58:Nada puede igualar a la felicidad de sus habitantes, que no tienen que trabajar para subvenir a las necesidades de la vida, ni están sujetos a a miserias y dolores que afligen al común de los mortales.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | subvenir | subvenir | subvenir | subvenir | subvenir |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | subviniendo | subviniendo | subviniendo | subviniendo | subviniendo |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | subvenido | subvenido | subvenida | subvenida |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | subvenidos | subvenidos | subvenidas | subvenidas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |
| indicative | present | subvengo | subvienes$^{tú}$ subvenís$^{vos}$ | subviene | subvenimos | subvenís | subvienen |
| indicative | imperfect | subvenía | subvenías | subvenía | subveníamos | subveníais | subvenían |
| indicative | preterite | subvine | subviniste | subvino | subvinimos | subvinisteis | subvinieron |
| indicative | future | subvendré | subvendrás | subvendrá | subvendremos | subvendréis | subvendrán |
| indicative | conditional | subvendría | subvendrías | subvendría | subvendríamos | subvendríais | subvendrían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | subvenga | subvengas$^{tú}$ subvengás$^{vos2}$ | subvenga | subvengamos | subvengáis | subvengan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | subviniera | subvinieras | subviniera | subviniéramos | subvinierais | subvinieran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | subviniese | subvinieses | subviniese | subviniésemos | subvinieseis | subviniesen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | subviniere | subvinieres | subviniere | subviniéremos | subviniereis | subvinieren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | subvén$^{tú}$ subvení$^{vos}$ | subvenga | subvengamos | subvenid | subvengan |
| imperative | negative | | no subvengas | no subvenga | no subvengamos | no subvengáis | no subvengan |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “subvenir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28