venga
Spanish, interjection
venga is spelled V-E-N-G-A (5 letters) and appears 48 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,814th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Venga is a Spanish interjection meaning “A cheer or expression of support, encouragement, etc.; come on, attaboy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of venir. With an accent, vengá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of vengar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Indica aceptación o disposición a actuar ante una propuesta o perspectiva”.
What does venga mean in English?
interjection
- 1
A cheer or expression of support, encouragement, etc.; come on, attaboy
- 2
An expression of amazement or surprise; wow, whoa
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of vengar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Indica aceptación o disposición a actuar ante una propuesta o perspectiva.
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.
How common is venga in Spanish?
venga appears 48 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).