entrevenir

Old French

Etymology

entre- +‎ venir, possibly influenced by Latin interveniō, intervenīre. Cf. modern French intervenir.

Verb

entrevenir

1. (of more than one person) to come together

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem entrevien distinct from the unstressed stem entreven, 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 entrevenir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		entrevenir			avoir entrevenu
gerund		en entrevenant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		entrevenant
past participle		entrevenu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	entrevieng, entrevien	entreviens	entrevient	entrevenons	entrevenez	entrevienent
	imperfect	entrevenoie, entreveneie	entrevenoies, entreveneies	entrevenoit, entreveneit	entreveniiens, entreveniens	entreveniiez, entreveniez	entrevenoient, entreveneient
	preterite	entrevin	entrevenis	entrevint	entrevenimes	entrevenistes	entrevindrent, entrevinrent
	future	entrevendrai	entrevendras	entrevendra	entrevendrons	entrevendroiz, entrevendreiz, entrevendrez	entrevendront
	conditional	entrevendroie, entrevendreie	entrevendroies, entrevendreies	entrevendroit, entrevendreit	entrevendriiens, entrevendriens	entrevendriiez, entrevendriez	entrevendroient, entrevendreient
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	entreviegne	entreviegnes	entreviegne	entreviegniens, entreviegnons	entreviegniez	entreviegnent
	imperfect	entrevenisse	entrevenisses	entrevenist	entrevenissons, entrevenissiens	entrevenissoiz, entrevenissez, entrevenissiez	entrevenissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	entrevien	—	entrevenons	entrevenez	—

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin intervenīre. Doublet of intervenir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /entɾebeˈniɾ/ [ẽn̪.t̪ɾe.β̞eˈniɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: en‧tre‧ve‧nir

Verb

entrevenir (first-person singular present entrevengo, first-person singular preterite entrevine, past participle entrevenido)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) to intervene

   Synonym: intervenir

Conjugation

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

infinitive			entrevenir
gerund			entreviniendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		entrevenido		entrevenida
		plural		entrevenidos		entrevenidas
		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	entrevengo	entrevienestú entrevenísvos	entreviene	entrevenimos	entrevenís	entrevienen
	imperfect	entrevenía	entrevenías	entrevenía	entreveníamos	entreveníais	entrevenían
	preterite	entrevine	entreviniste	entrevino	entrevinimos	entrevinisteis	entrevinieron
	future	entrevendré	entrevendrás	entrevendrá	entrevendremos	entrevendréis	entrevendrán
	conditional	entrevendría	entrevendrías	entrevendría	entrevendríamos	entrevendríais	entrevendrían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	entrevenga	entrevengastú entrevengásvos2	entrevenga	entrevengamos	entrevengáis	entrevengan
	imperfect (ra)	entreviniera	entrevinieras	entreviniera	entreviniéramos	entrevinierais	entrevinieran
	imperfect (se)	entreviniese	entrevinieses	entreviniese	entreviniésemos	entrevinieseis	entreviniesen
	future1	entreviniere	entrevinieres	entreviniere	entreviniéremos	entreviniereis	entrevinieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		entrevéntú entrevenívos	entrevenga	entrevengamos	entrevenid	entrevengan
	negative		no entrevengas	no entrevenga	no entrevengamos	no entrevengáis	no entrevengan

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “entrevenir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28