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interjección (Esp fam)

a) (para animar) come on

venga ya! — (fam) come off it! (colloq)

b) (para exigir algo)

venga el lápiz que me quitaste — let's have the pencil you took off me (colloq)

c) (expresando insistencia)

venga a + inf — (fam)

y venga a protestar — and they just kept o went on (and on) complaining

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interjección (Esp fam)

a) (para animar) come on

venga ya! — (fam) come off it! (colloq)

b) (para exigir algo)

venga el lápiz que me quitaste — let's have the pencil you took off me (colloq)

c) (expresando insistencia)

venga a + inf — (fam)

y venga a protestar — and they just kept o went on (and on) complaining

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venga

interjection

(Esp fam)

1

(para animar): ¡venga, date prisa! come on, hurry up!

¡venga, díselo que no te va a hacer nada! go on, tell him, he won't hurt you!

venga, mujer, no te pongas así come on, don't be like that

¡venga ya! (fam); come off it! (colloq)

2

venga/vengan (para exigir algo): venga el lápiz que me quitaste let's have the pencil you took off me (colloq)

3 (expresando insistencia, repetición) venga A + INF (fam):

y venga a protestar todo el día and they just kept o went on (and on) complaining all day long

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Del verbo vengar: (conjugate vengar)

venga es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Del verbo venir: (conjugate venir)

venga es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

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venga interjección (Esp fam)

a) (para animar) come on

b) (expresando insistencia):

◊ y venga a protestar and they just kept o went on (and on) complaining

vengar (conjugate vengar) verbo transitivo ‹insulto/derrota› to take revenge for, to avenge;
‹persona› to avenge
vengarse verbo pronominal
to take revenge;
vengase de or por algo to take revenge for sth;
vengase de/en algn to take (one's) revenge on sb
venir (conjugate venir) verbo intransitivo
1

a) (a un lugar) to come;

◊ vine en tren I came by train;

¿a qué vino? what did he come by o around for?;
vine dormida todo el tiempo I slept (for) the whole journey;
venga por or (Esp) a por algn/algo to come for sb/sth, come to pick sb/sth up;
la vino a buscar su madre her mother came to pick her up;
ven a ver esto come and see this

b) (volver) to come back;

◊ ahora vengo I'll be back in a moment;

no vengas tarde don't be late home o back

c) (salir):

◊ me vino con un cuento he came up with some excuse;

no me vengas con exigencias don't start making demands
2

a) (tener lugar):

◊ ahora viene esa escena que te conté that scene I told you about is coming up now;

¿qué viene después de las noticias? what's on after the news?;
ya vendrán tiempos mejores things will get better

b) (indicando procedencia) venga de algo to come from sth;

◊ viene de la India it comes from India;

le viene de familia it runs in his family;
¿a qué viene eso? why do you say that?

c) (indicando presentación) to come;

◊ viene en tres tamaños it comes in three sizes

d) (estar incluido):

◊ viene en primera página it's on the front page;

no viene nada sobre la huelga there's nothing about the strike
3 (convenir):

◊ estas cajas me vendrían muy bien these boxes would come in handy;

el jueves no me viene bien Thursday's no good for me;
me vendría bien un descanso I could do with a rest
4 (como aux):

◊ esto viene a confirmar mis sospechas this confirms my suspicions;

hace mucho que lo venía diciendo I'd been saying so all along
venirse verbo pronominal (enf)

a) (a un lugar) to come;

◊ se vinieron a pie they came on foot;

vengase abajo [persona] to go to pieces;

[techo] to fall in, collapse;
[estante] to collapse;
[ilusiones] to go up in smoke;
[proyectos] to fall through

b) (volver) to come back

venga exclamación fam (para meter prisa, animar, etc) come on!
fam (para expresar incredulidad) ¡venga ya, eso es imposible!, come on, I don't believe it!
(para expresar insistencia) ¡y él venga a hablar de fútbol!, and he went on and on, talking about football!
vengar verbo transitivo to avenge
venir verbo intransitivo
1 to come
ven y mira lo que he dibujado, come and see what I've drawn
2 (llegar) to come: viene el invierno, winter is coming
acaba de venir de la tienda, he's just come from the shop
3 (volver) to come back: vengo en un minuto, I'll be back in a minute
4 (proceder) to come from: estos juguetes vienen de China, these toys come from China
5 (surgir, sobrevenir) me vino la gripe, I went down with flu
(suceder) entonces vino la guerra civil, then came the civil war
6 (quedar) este jersey me viene grande, this sweater is too big for me
7 (aparecer, presentarse) to come: esa información viene en el capítulo dos, that information comes in chapter two
¿viene algo del terremoto?, is there anything about the earthquake?
viene en un estuche verde, it comes in a green case
8 (indicando aproximación) este libro viene a tener unos cien años, this book must be about a hundred years old
♦ Locuciones: venir al mundo, to be born
venir de lejos, to come from afar
'venga' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
fácil
- ojalá
- pamplina
- ahí
- confiar
- inconveniente
- indiferente
- mal
English:
appropriate
- cloud
- come along
- come off
- dawdle
- fork out
- may
- arrange
- leisure
- maybe

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venga interj

Esp Fam

1. [para animar] come on!;

¡venga, vámonos! come on, let's go!;

¡venga, pruébalo, que te va a gustar! go on, try it, you'll like it!

2. [para rechazar]

¡venga ya!, ¡venga, hombre! come off it!

3. [expresando insistencia]

venga a: yo con dolor de cabeza y él, venga a hablar I had this headache but of course he just went on and on talking

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venga

vb → venir

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venga, etc. venir