Meaning
to come from, originate
- to come from, originate from
- to stem from, derive from
In a sentence
Questo vino proviene dalla Sicilia.
This wine comes from Sicily.
Da dove provieni tu?
Where do you come from?
Luca non proviene da una famiglia ricca.
Luca doesn't come from a rich family.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| provenire | infinitive |
| proveniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| provengo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| provenite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| provieni | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| provengono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| proviene | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| provenivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| provenivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| provenivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| provenivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| provenivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| proveniva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| provenimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| provenni | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| proveniste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| provenisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| provennero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| provenne | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| proverremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| proverrò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| proverrete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| proverrai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| proverranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| proverrà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| proveniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| provenga | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| proveniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| provenga | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| provengano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| provenga | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| provenissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| provenissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| proveniste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| provenissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| provenissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| provenisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| proverremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| proverrei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| proverreste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| proverresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| proverrebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| proverrebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| proveniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| provenite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| provieni | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| provenendo | gerund |
| provenuto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use provenire for origin or source; for physical arrival, venire is usually more natural.
- It takes essere in compound tenses: è provenuto/a, sono provenuti/e, with past participle agreement.
- Often followed by da to mark source: provenire da Roma, da un errore, da una famiglia nobile.
- present: provengo, provieni, proviene, proveniamo, provenite, provengono
- past participle provenuto