avenir

See also: à venir

Asturian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin advenīre (“to come to, to arrive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abeˈniɾ/ [a.β̞eˈniɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ve‧nir

Verb

avenir

1. (dated) to happen

   Synonyms: asoceder, aportar, acaecer

2. (reflexive) to agree

   Synonyms: casar, combalachar, averiguar

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• avenencia
• aveníu

References

• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “avenir”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Catalan

Alternative forms

• avindre

Etymology

Inherited from Latin advenīre (“to come to, to arrive”). Doublet of advenir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ə.βəˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.vəˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.veˈniɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [a.βeˈni]

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Verb

avenir (first-person singular present avinc, first-person singular preterite avinguí, past participle avingut); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

1. (transitive) to make (different people) agree, to cause to come to terms
2. (reflexive) (reciprocal) to come to terms, to accept an agreement

   Al final les dues parts s'han avingut

   In the end, both sides have come to terms

3. (reflexive) (reciprocal) to get along with someone, without conflict

   Avenir-se com a bons germans

   To get along like good brothers

4. (reflexive) to accept a fact

   No me'n puc avenir que en Manel s'hagi mort.

   I can't accept that Manel is dead.

5. (reflexive) (+ preposition A + infinitive) to agree to do something

   El Papa es va avenir a gravar un pòdcast.

   The Pope agreed to record a podcast

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of avenir (third conjugation, without -eix-, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			avenir
gerund			avenint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		avingut		avinguda
		plural		avinguts		avingudes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	avinc	avens	avé	avenim	aveniu	avenen
	imperfect	avenia	avenies	avenia	aveníem	aveníeu	avenien
	future	avindré	avindràs	avindrà	avindrem	avindreu	avindran
	preterite	avinguí	avingueres	avingué	avinguérem	avinguéreu	avingueren
	conditional	avindria	avindries	avindria	avindríem	avindríeu	avindrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	avingui	avinguis	avingui	avinguem	avingueu	avinguin
	imperfect	avingués	avinguessis	avingués	avinguéssim	avinguéssiu	avinguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	avén	avingui	avinguem	aveniu	avinguin
	negative (no)	—	no avinguis	no avingui	no avinguem	no avingueu	no avinguin

Derived terms

• desavenir-se

Further reading

• “avenir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

French

Etymology

From the expression temps à venir ("time (that is) to come"). Cf. also Old French avenir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /av.niʁ/

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Noun

avenir m (plural avenirs)

1. future

   Synonym: futur

   Antonyms: passé, présent

Derived terms

• à l'avenir
• l'avenir appartient à ceux qui se lèvent tôt

See also

• advenir

Further reading

• “avenir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• enivra
• navire

Ladino

Alternative forms

• avinir

Etymology

Borrowed from French avenir.

Noun

avenir m (Hebrew spelling אב׳יניר)

1. future (the time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced)

   Antonym: pasado

   • 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Por el plazer de kontar‎^[1], page 362:

     Yo me fui para partisipar al programa de viernes en el otel “Moria‐Plaza” en Yerushalayim, ande do, por radio, una recheta de kuzina, i Tamar se kedó a azerse predizir el avenir.

     I left to participate in the Friday programme in the Moria‐Plaza hotel in Jerusalem/al-Quds, where I gave a cooking recipe through the radio, and Tamar stayed to predict the future.

Derived terms

• por el avenir

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adveniō, advenīre (“to come to, to arrive”). Cf. also the inherited doublet aveindre, avoindre, advaindre (“pull or take something from its resting place; reach or attain something through effort”), coming through a Vulgar Latin form *advenĭre or influenced by ateindre, ataindre (modern atteindre).

Verb

avenir

1. to happen

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem avien distinct from the unstressed stem aven, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of avenir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		avenir			avoir avenu
gerund		en avenant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		avenant
past participle		avenu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	avieng, avien	aviens	avient	avenons	avenez	avienent
	imperfect	avenoie, aveneie	avenoies, aveneies	avenoit, aveneit	aveniiens, aveniens	aveniiez, aveniez	avenoient, aveneient
	preterite	avin	avenis	avint	avenimes	avenistes	avindrent, avinrent
	future	avendrai	avendras	avendra	avendrons	avendroiz, avendreiz, avendrez	avendront
	conditional	avendroie, avendreie	avendroies, avendreies	avendroit, avendreit	avendriiens, avendriens	avendriiez, avendriez	avendroient, avendreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	aviegne	aviegnes	aviegne	aviegniens, aviegnons	aviegniez	aviegnent
	imperfect	avenisse	avenisses	avenist	avenissons, avenissiens	avenissoiz, avenissez, avenissiez	avenissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	avien	—	avenons	avenez	—

Descendants

• French: advenir, avenir (verb)

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin advenīre. Doublet of advenir. Cognate with archaic English advene.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abeˈniɾ/ [a.β̞eˈniɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ve‧nir

Verb

avenir (first-person singular present avengo, first-person singular preterite avine, past participle avenido)

1. (transitive) to reconcile
2. (reflexive) to agree, accept

   avenirse en algo ― to agree on something

   avenirse a hacer algo ― to agree to do something

   avenirse con alguien ― to get along with someone

   avenirse a algo ― to accept; to resign oneself to something

   • 2020, Miguel Ángel Solla Gutiérrez, La República sitiada:

     En consecuencia, se avinieron a negociar, a lo que también ayudó el gobernador civil, deseoso de alcanzar un acuerdo que implicara a todas las fuerzas de la izquierda santanderina.

     As a result, they agreed to negotiate, helped by the civil governor, eager to attain an agreement involving all Santander's left.

3. to match
4. (intransitive, dated) to happen

Conjugation

    Conjugation of avenir (irregular; e-ie-i alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			avenir
gerund			aviniendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		avenido		avenida
		plural		avenidos		avenidas
		singular			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
	present	avengo	avienestú avenísvos	aviene	avenimos	avenís	avienen
	imperfect	avenía	avenías	avenía	aveníamos	aveníais	avenían
	preterite	avine	aviniste	avino	avinimos	avinisteis	avinieron
	future	avendré	avendrás	avendrá	avendremos	avendréis	avendrán
	conditional	avendría	avendrías	avendría	avendríamos	avendríais	avendrían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	avenga	avengastú avengásvos2	avenga	avengamos	avengáis	avengan
	imperfect (ra)	aviniera	avinieras	aviniera	aviniéramos	avinierais	avinieran
	imperfect (se)	aviniese	avinieses	aviniese	aviniésemos	avinieseis	aviniesen
	future1	aviniere	avinieres	aviniere	aviniéremos	aviniereis	avinieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		avéntú avenívos	avenga	avengamos	avenid	avengan
	negative		no avengas	no avenga	no avengamos	no avengáis	no avengan

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of avenir (irregular; e-ie-i alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive avenir	dative	avenirme	avenirte	avenirle, avenirse	avenirnos	aveniros	avenirles, avenirse
	accusative	avenirme	avenirte	avenirlo, avenirla, avenirse	avenirnos	aveniros	avenirlos, avenirlas, avenirse
with gerund aviniendo	dative	aviniéndome	aviniéndote	aviniéndole, aviniéndose	aviniéndonos	aviniéndoos	aviniéndoles, aviniéndose
	accusative	aviniéndome	aviniéndote	aviniéndolo, aviniéndola, aviniéndose	aviniéndonos	aviniéndoos	aviniéndolos, aviniéndolas, aviniéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative avén	dative	avenme	avente	avenle	avennos	not used	avenles
	accusative	avenme	avente	avenlo, avenla	avennos	not used	avenlos, avenlas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative avení	dative	avenime	avenite	avenile	aveninos	not used	aveniles
	accusative	avenime	avenite	avenilo, avenila	aveninos	not used	avenilos, avenilas
with formal second-person singular imperative avenga	dative	avéngame	not used	avéngale, avéngase	avénganos	not used	avéngales
	accusative	avéngame	not used	avéngalo, avéngala, avéngase	avénganos	not used	avéngalos, avéngalas
with first-person plural imperative avengamos	dative	not used	avengámoste	avengámosle	avengámonos	avengámoos	avengámosles
	accusative	not used	avengámoste	avengámoslo, avengámosla	avengámonos	avengámoos	avengámoslos, avengámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative avenid	dative	avenidme	not used	avenidle	avenidnos	aveníos	avenidles
	accusative	avenidme	not used	avenidlo, avenidla	avenidnos	aveníos	avenidlos, avenidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative avengan	dative	avénganme	not used	avénganle	avéngannos	not used	avénganles, avénganse
	accusative	avénganme	not used	avénganlo, avénganla	avéngannos	not used	avénganlos, avénganlas, avénganse

Derived terms

• avenencia
• avenida
• avenimiento

Related terms

• advenir

Further reading

• “avenir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025