subvenir
Spanish, verb/subbeˈniɾ/
subvenir is spelled S-U-B-V-E-N-I-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish, the 197,982nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Subvenir is a Spanish verb meaning “to provide for, to meet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acudir u ocurrir como ayuda o respuesta a las necesidades de alguien o de algo”.
What does subvenir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to provide for, to meet
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Acudir u ocurrir como ayuda o respuesta a las necesidades de alguien o de algo.
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 subvenir
- subvengo first-person present singular
- subvine first-person preterite singular
- subvenido participle past
- e-ie-i alternation
- subviniendo gerund
- subvenida feminine participle past
- subvenidos masculine participle past
- subvenidas feminine participle past
- subvienes indicative informal present
- subvenís indicative informal present
- subviene indicative present singular
- subvenimos first-person indicative plural
- subvienen indicative plural present
- subvenía first-person imperfect indicative
- subvenías imperfect indicative second-person
- subveníamos first-person imperfect indicative
- subveníais imperfect indicative plural
- subvenían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce subvenir?
- /subbeˈniɾ/
- [suβ̞.β̞eˈniɾ]
- /subeˈniɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is subvenir in Spanish?
subvenir appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).