lui venne

came, was

ˈv e n . n e → venire
venn to come + e he/she past historic
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Very common #2,105
came A past-tense form used mainly in written narratives and storytelling; in everyday speech, the passato prossimo is often used instead.
IT: Maria venne a trovarmi ieri.
EN: Maria came to visit me yesterday.
Conjugation of venire
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First venni —
Second — veniste
Third venne vennero

Yanni venne.

Yanni came.

Tom venne a casa nostra.

Tom came to our house.

Venne in Giappone da bambina.

She came to Japan as a child.

Venne lì.

He came there.

Tom venne in Australia.

Tom came to Australia.

Non venne qui da solo.

He didn’t come here alone.

Venne a casa da scuola.

He came home from school.

Stavo cavalcando quel cavallo e mi venne improvvisamente sete.

I was riding that horse and suddenly became thirsty.

— Rashomon (1950)

Andò in fondo alla bottega e chiamò il ragazzo, che venne subito.

He went to the back of the shop and called the boy, who came at once.

Alla fine a una di noi venne in mente di fare il ragionamento al contrario.

In the end, one of us thought of reasoning it out in reverse.

Non mi venne in mente altro da dire, così lo abbracciai.

I couldn’t think of anything else to say, so I hugged him.

Venne a guardare.

He came to look.

Venne qui a cercarla.

He came here to look for her.

Mi venne in mente una soluzione proprio all'ultimo momento prima della scadenza.

A solution came to me right at the last moment before the deadline.

Tom venne qui un'ora prima di Mary.

Tom came here an hour before Mary.

Venne a scuola tardi.

He came to school late.

Ramudu venne a scuola.

Ramudu came to school.

Vidi che venne.

I saw that he came.

Venne con il suo cane.

He came with his dog.

Ziri venne qui per cantare.

Ziri came here to sing.

Sami venne dopo la festa.

Sami came after the party.

Venne correndo.

He came running.

Lui venne di corsa.

He came running.

Venne di corsa appena sentì la notizia dell'incidente in autostrada.

He came running as soon as he heard the news of the accident on the highway.

Quando venne il momento di decidere, non esitò nemmeno un secondo.

When the time came to decide, he didn't hesitate for a second.

Le chiese perché venne così tardi.

He asked her why she came so late.

Venne fin da Nikko per salutarmi.

He came all the way from Nikko to greet me.

Tom venne ad aiutare.

Tom came to help.

Mary venne in Australia da insegnante.

Mary came to Australia as a teacher.

A Mary venne un'idea meravigliosa.

Mary had a wonderful idea.

E nessuno venne in aiuto al vecchio Dave.

And no one came to old Dave's aid.

— Mystic River (2003)

Venne in ritardo.

He came late.

Tom venne con sua moglie.

Tom came with his wife.

Non venne alla festa perché si sentiva male e aveva la febbre alta.

He didn't come to the party because he felt ill and had a high fever.

A Samarcanda, un vecchio di nome Zoar venne da me.

In Samarkand, an old man named Zoar came to me.

— I guardiani del giorno (2006)

Il problema venne dopo.

The problem came later.

— Carandiru (2003)

Venne meno ogni speranza quando sentimmo le ultime notizie dal fronte.

All hope was dashed when we heard the latest news from the front.

Sami non venne mai a casa.

Sami never came home.

Tom venne in autobus.

Tom came by bus.

Venne qua a cercarla.

He came here to look for her.

Tom venne nella mia stanza.

Tom came to my room.

Lei non venne fino alle due.

She didn't come until two.

Mi venne incontro.

He came towards me.

Venne a trovare.

He came to visit.

Il giorno dopo venne nel mio negozio.

The next day he came to my shop.

— Tempo d'estate (1955)

Per una volta, mi venne subito in mente una risposta.

For once, an answer came to me right away.

Ziri venne a scuola.

Ziri came to school.

Poi venne il momento degli affari.

Then came the time for business.

Tom non venne a casa mia.

Tom didn't come to my house.

Venne con sua madre.

He came with his mother.

Gli venne naturale aiutare quella donna anziana con le borse pesanti.

It came naturally to him to help that elderly woman with her heavy bags.

Lui venne al piano di sotto.

He came downstairs.

Sami venne senza chiamare.

Sami came without calling.

Tom non venne mai a casa mia.

Tom never came to my house.

Venne da me per curarsi, tutto tornò a posto e siamo rimasti amici.

He came to me for treatment, everything went back to normal and we remained friends.

— Suspiria (1977)

Pochi venne di corsa verso di noi.

Pochi came running towards us.

Lui venne in mio soccorso.

He came to my rescue.

Ci venne incontro un custode.

A caretaker came to meet us.

Yanni venne in questa scuola.

Yanni came to this school.

Venne di sotto.

He came downstairs.

Quando venne, stavo scrivendo una lettera.

When he came, I was writing a letter.

Venne il giorno in cui dovette fare una scelta difficile tra il lavoro e la famiglia.

The day came when he had to make a difficult choice between work and family.

Poi mi venne un’idea.

Then I had an idea.

Non venne perché doveva prendere il treno con mio padre.

He didn't come because he had to catch the train with my father.

— La fiamma del peccato (1944)

Venne nella tenda di mio padre, e l'ho deluso.

He came into my father's tent, and I let him down.

— Cidade dos Homens (2007)

Tom venne in treno.

Tom came by train.

L'insegnante non venne.

The teacher didn't come.

Venne quando era troppo tardi.

He came when it was too late.

Mi venne in mente una buona idea.

A good idea came to mind.

Il prete venne.

The priest came.

Tom venne prima di chiunque altro.

Tom came before anyone else.

Lei venne in mio aiuto.

She came to my aid.

Non le venne mai il dubbio di aver sbagliato persona in quella storia.

It never occurred to her that she had the wrong person in that story.

Mi venne una buona idea.

I had a good idea.

Tom venne.

Tom came.

Venne a visitare l’università.

He came to visit the university.

— L'agente segreto (2025)

Venne con i suoi genitori.

He came with his parents.

Ziri venne qui ogni weekend.

Ziri came here every weekend.

Sami venne alla riunione.

Sami came to the meeting.

Le venne un colpo e morì sul posto.

He had a stroke and died on the spot.

Poi venne la guerra e divenne una pensione.

Then came the war and it became a boarding house.

— Tempo d'estate (1955)

Nessuno venne alla festa.

Nobody came to the party.

Tom non venne alla festa.

Tom didn't come to the party.

Lui venne correndo.

He came running.

Venne da te una volta, affamato, senza casa, in cerca del tuo aiuto.

He came to you once, hungry, homeless, seeking your help.

— Lo Hobbit: La desolazione di Smaug (2013)

Ma poi venne la seconda parte del programma di papà.

But then came the second part of Dad's program.

— Questione di tempo (2013)

Mio figlio venne nella mia camera.

My son came into my room.

Lorenzo venne alla sua sessione di terapia.

Lorenzo came to his therapy session.

Mary venne con suo padre.

Mary came with her father.

Venne in mio soccorso.

He came to my rescue.

Sami non venne alla festa.

Sami didn’t come to the party.

Tom venne in Giappone da bambino.

Tom came to Japan as a child.

Venne per lei.

He came for her.

Tom venne nel mio ufficio dopo pranzo.

Tom came to my office after lunch.

Mi venne incontro con un sorriso enorme stampato sulla faccia.

He came towards me with a huge smile plastered on his face.

Venne a trovarci una domenica di aprile senza avvisare nessuno.

He came to visit us on a Sunday in April without telling anyone.

Venne al mondo in una notte di tempesta nel piccolo ospedale del paese.

He came into the world on a stormy night in the small village hospital.

Ziri venne a casa da scuola.

Ziri came home from school.

O forse ci venne di proposito.

Or perhaps he came there on purpose.

— Barfi! (2012)

Anche lui venne nudo.

He also came naked.

— पीके (2014)

Non gli venne facile accettare la sconfitta dopo tanto impegno e sacrificio.

It wasn't easy for him to accept defeat after so much effort and sacrifice.

Venne con lei.

He came with her.

Gli venne da piangere quando rivide la casa della sua infanzia.

He felt like crying when he saw his childhood home again.

Lui venne a trovarmi fin dal Pakistan.

He came to visit me all the way from Pakistan.

Sami venne in chiesa.

Sami came to church.

Il cane venne da me correndo.

The dog came running to me.

Venne da lontano solo per partecipare al matrimonio del suo migliore amico.

He came from far away just to attend his best friend's wedding.

Sua madre venne da Omaha per aiutarlo.

His mother came from Omaha to help him.

— It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)

Venne di persona.

He came in person.

Quando venne la volta della nostra sezione, allora sì che mi divertii!

When it was our section’s turn, that’s when I really had fun!

Prima venne il pesce.

First came the fish.

— The Mermaid (2016)

Venne fuori che aveva tre mogli contemporaneamente.

It turned out he had three wives at the same time.

— La donna che canta (2010)

Tutt'a un tratto venne una terribile ondata, e la barca sparì.

All of a sudden, a terrible wave came, and the boat disappeared.

Fu dieci anni fa che venne per la prima volta in Giappone.

It was ten years ago that he first came to Japan.

Dopo venne un vecchio con la testa calva e la barba bianca.

Then an old man came with a bald head and a white beard.

Mentre parlava mi venne un'idea.

While he was speaking, I had an idea.

Poi mi venne la curiosità.

Then I got curious.

Venne in treno.

He came by train.

Fadil venne con dei bagagli.

Fadil came with some luggage.

Tom venne fuori.

Tom came out.

Non venne nessuno in mio soccorso.

Nobody came to my rescue.

Layla venne con sua nonna.

Layla came with her grandmother.

Doveva venirmi a prendere dopo una lezione, ma non venne.

He was supposed to pick me up after class, but he didn't come.

— La fiamma del peccato (1944)

Venne nella nostra stanza.

He came into our room.

— Codice d'onore (1992)

Tom venne in mia difesa.

Tom came to my defense.

Venne qualcuno.

Someone came.

Venne a prendermi.

He came to pick me up.

Lei venne davvero, però non rimase a lungo.

She really did come, but she didn’t stay long.

Con nostra grande sorpresa, Tom venne alla nostra festa insieme a Mary.

Much to our surprise, Tom came to our party with Mary.

Mi venne un'idea felice.

I had a happy thought.

Venne a trovarmi fin dal Pakistan.

He came to visit me all the way from Pakistan.

Venne con buone notizie.

He came with good news.

Ziri venne dopo la scuola.

Ziri came after school.

Sami venne a scuola.

Sami came to school.

Le venne la febbre e morì.

She developed a fever and died.

— Il mio amico Ivan Lapshin (1985)

Poi venne il momento di stabilire quanto mi avrebbe pagato.

Then came the time to decide how much he would pay me.

L'imam venne.

The imam came.

Nessuno venne al mio concerto.

Nobody came to my concert.

Perse la mamma quando venne alla luce e così rimase orfana.

She lost her mother when she was born and was left an orphan.

— Lars e una ragazza tutta sua (2007)

Ero lì il giorno in cui la forza degli uomini venne meno.

I was there the day the strength of men failed.

— Il Signore degli Anelli - La compagnia dell'anello (2001)

Tom non venne al mio concerto.

Tom didn’t come to my concert.

Gli venne un'idea geniale proprio mentre stava per addormentarsi.

A brilliant idea came to him just as he was about to fall asleep.

Tom non venne mai a casa quel giorno.

Tom never came home that day.

Venne da solo, senza di lei.

He came alone, without her.

auxiliary · 3rd-person singular, past tense Common #3,915
was Used to form the passive in the passato remoto, a past tense common in written narration.
IT: La porta venne chiusa alle otto.
EN: The door was closed at eight.
Conjugation of venire
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third venne vennero

Venne fatto un errore.

A mistake was made.

Il traffico venne interrotto dalla neve pesante.

Traffic was disrupted by heavy snow.

All'attrice venne regalato un bouquet di fiori dopo l'esibizione.

The actress was given a bouquet of flowers after the performance.

La proposta venne accettata con entusiasmo da tutti i membri del comitato.

The proposal was enthusiastically accepted by all members of the committee.

Tom venne citato in giudizio.

Tom was sued.

La città venne distrutta.

The city was destroyed.

— Indiana Jones e l'ultima crociata (1989)

Venne nominato responsabile della fabbrica.

He was appointed factory manager.

Tom venne licenziato per essere stato maleducato con i clienti.

Tom was fired for being rude to customers.

Il caso venne riaperto.

The case was reopened.

— Barfi! (2012)

La mia amica venne arrestata per eccesso di velocità.

My friend was arrested for speeding.

Lei venne ricattata da lui.

She was blackmailed by him.

Il Re venne assalito da dei terroristi.

The King was attacked by terrorists.

Venne accusata di essere un'eretica.

She was accused of being a heretic.

E così Ninola venne chiamata Gradisca.

And so Ninola came to be known as Gradisca.

— Amarcord (1973)

La stanza non venne pulita da Kate.

The room was not cleaned by Kate.

Tom non venne assunto.

Tom wasn't hired.

La notizia venne diffusa dai media in poche ore raggiungendo milioni di persone.

The news spread by the media within hours, reaching millions of people.

Il quadro venne rubato dal museo durante la notte e non è mai stato ritrovato.

The painting was stolen from the museum during the night and has never been recovered.

E fu così che venne richiesto a Wang Pu l'invio di otto aiuto-medici.

And so Wang Pu was asked to send eight medical assistants.

— Young Detective Dee - Il risveglio del drago marino (2013)

Lui venne travolto e ucciso.

He was run over and killed.

L'elefante venne portato allo zoo.

The elephant was taken to the zoo.

Il colpevole venne arrestato la sera stessa grazie alle telecamere di sicurezza.

The culprit was arrested that same evening thanks to security cameras.

Il concerto venne trasmesso in diretta.

The concert was broadcast live.

Fu quando mio padre venne trasferito a Darjeeling.

It was when my father was transferred to Darjeeling.

— Barfi! (2012)

E qualche giorno dopo, venne ucciso.

And a few days later, he was killed.

— Sacrificio (1986)

Venne rovesciato tutto il latte.

All the milk was spilled.

Tom venne ucciso dalla valanga.

Tom was killed in the avalanche.

Il ponte venne distrutto durante la guerra e ricostruito solo vent'anni dopo.

The bridge was destroyed during the war and rebuilt only twenty years later.

Venne chiamato come suo nonno.

He was named after his grandfather.

La lettera venne scritta in codice.

The letter was written in code.

Il viaggio venne annullato a causa della terribile tempesta.

The trip was cancelled due to the terrible storm.

Tutto venne ridotto in cenere.

Everything was reduced to ashes.

L'intero arsenale dello zio venne neutralizzato, un pezzo alla volta.

The uncle’s entire arsenal was neutralized, one piece at a time.

— Dangal (2016)

Tom venne calciato da un mulo.

Tom got kicked by a mule.

Il governo venne rovesciato.

The government was overthrown.

Venne investito e ucciso.

He was hit and killed.

Tom venne giustiziato.

Tom was executed.

L'intera città venne distrutta in un incendio.

The entire city was destroyed by fire.

La biblioteca venne fondata in memoria dello studioso.

The library was founded in memory of the scholar.

Il documento venne firmato da entrambe le parti senza ulteriori discussioni.

The document was signed by both parties without further discussion.

Quando Zootropolis fu fondata, l'intero quartiere venne escluso dalla città.

When Zootopia was founded, the entire district was excluded from the city.

— Zootropolis 2 (2025)

La notizia mi venne detta da Ito.

The news was told to me by Ito.

Sauron, nemico dei popoli della Terra di Mezzo, venne sconfitto.

Sauron, enemy of the peoples of Middle-earth, was defeated.

— Il Signore degli Anelli - La compagnia dell'anello (2001)

Matias venne passato in cucina.

Matias was passed to the kitchen.

— Tropa de elite - Gli squadroni della morte (2007)

Venne convocato per comparire in tribunale.

He was summoned to appear in court.

Quando venne costruito questo tempio?

When was this temple built?

Lui venne sedotto da Mary.

He was seduced by Mary.

Questa canzone venne scritta da Foster.

This song was written by Foster.

Venne ferito alla gamba.

He was wounded in the leg.

All'attrice venne regalato un mazzo di fiori dopo l'esibizione.

The actress was given a bouquet of flowers after the performance.

La proposta venne adottata.

The proposal was adopted.

Tom venne colpito da un fulmine.

Tom was struck by lightning.

Il terreno venne convertito in parco.

The land was converted into a park.

La mela venne mangiata da me.

The apple was eaten by me.

Venne mandato in prigione per rapina a mano armata.

He was sent to prison for armed robbery.

Meiji venne battuta da Keio con un punteggio di tre a cinque.

Meiji was defeated by Keio by a score of three to five.

Venne ricattata da lui.

She was blackmailed by him.

Tom venne scelto come capitano.

Tom was chosen as captain.

Così uccidere venne proibito.

Thus killing became prohibited.

— Avatar - La via dell'acqua (2022)

L'edificio venne restaurato completamente grazie ai fondi della regione.

The building was completely restored thanks to funds from the region.

Il progetto venne abbandonato per mancanza di fondi dopo soli sei mesi.

The project was abandoned due to lack of funds after only six months.

Tom non venne invitato.

Tom wasn't invited.

Lui venne espulso dalla scuola.

He was expelled from school.

Roma venne attaccata pesantemente.

Rome was heavily attacked.

E il mio destino venne deciso.

And my fate was decided.

— 3 Idiots (2009)

Il complotto per assassinare il presidente venne scoperto appena in tempo.

The plot to assassinate the president was discovered just in time.

Tom venne assolto.

Tom was acquitted.

Rachin venne licenziato.

Rachin was fired.

— Les choristes - I ragazzi del coro (2004)

Il mio amico venne arrestato per eccesso di velocità.

My friend was arrested for speeding.

La casa venne fatta a pezzi dal tornado.

The house was torn to pieces by the tornado.

Mi venne dato un orologio da lei.

I was given a watch by her.

Tom venne preso prigioniero.

Tom was taken prisoner.

Il matrimonio venne spostato.

The wedding was postponed.

Venne ucciso.

He was killed.

Tom venne ucciso in un'imboscata.

Tom was killed in an ambush.

Ma tutti furono ingannati, perché venne creato un altro anello.

But everyone was deceived, because another ring was created.

— Il Signore degli Anelli - La compagnia dell'anello (2001)

Venne convertito dal Buddismo al Cristianesimo.

He was converted from Buddhism to Christianity.

Lui venne convertito dal Buddismo al Cristianesimo.

He was converted from Buddhism to Christianity.

Il trafficante di droga venne arrestato all'aeroporto.

The drug trafficker was arrested at the airport.

Lui venne ricoverato in ospedale.

He was admitted to hospital.

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