devenir
Spanish, noun/debeˈniɾ/
devenir is spelled D-E-V-E-N-I-R (7 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 21,247th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Devenir is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “coming, future” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does devenir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to become
- 2
rareto happen
noun
- 1
masculinecoming, future
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Llegar a ser, convertirse, hacerse. 2. Sobrevenir, suceder, acaecer.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of devenir
- devengo first-person present singular
- devine first-person preterite singular
- devenido participle past
- e-ie-i alternation
- deviniendo gerund
- devenida feminine participle past
- devenidos masculine participle past
- devenidas feminine participle past
- devienes indicative informal present
- devenís indicative informal present
- deviene indicative present singular
- devenimos first-person indicative plural
- devienen indicative plural present
- devenía first-person imperfect indicative
- devenías imperfect indicative second-person
- deveníamos first-person imperfect indicative
- deveníais imperfect indicative plural
- devenían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce devenir?
- /debeˈniɾ/
- [d̪e.β̞eˈniɾ]
- [d̪eβ̞eˈniɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to devenir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is devenir in Spanish?
devenir appears 2.2 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).