revenir
Spanish, verb/rebeˈniɾ/
revenir is a Spanish verb meaning “to return, revert” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Volver algo a su estado inicial o de reposo”.
What does revenir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to return, revert
- 2
to shrink, reduce
- 3
to go bad, spoil, turn sour (of food)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Volver algo a su estado inicial o de reposo
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 revenir
- revengo first-person present singular
- revine first-person preterite singular
- revenido participle past
- e-ie-i alternation
- reviniendo gerund
- revenida feminine participle past
- revenidos masculine participle past
- revenidas feminine participle past
- revienes indicative informal present
- revenís indicative informal present
- reviene indicative present singular
- revenimos first-person indicative plural
- revienen indicative plural present
- revenía first-person imperfect indicative
- revenías imperfect indicative second-person
- reveníamos first-person imperfect indicative
- reveníais imperfect indicative plural
- revenían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce revenir?
- /rebeˈniɾ/
- [re.β̞eˈniɾ]
- [reβ̞eˈniɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.