benta

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish venta, from Latin vēndita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /benta/ [bẽn̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -enta
• Hyphenation: ben‧ta

Noun

benta inan

1. roadside inn

Declension

Declension of benta (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	benta	benta	bentak
ergative	bentak	bentak	bentek
dative	bentari	bentari	bentei
genitive	bentaren	bentaren	benten
comitative	bentarekin	bentarekin	bentekin
causative	bentarengatik	bentarengatik	bentengatik
benefactive	bentarentzat	bentarentzat	bententzat
instrumental	bentaz	bentaz	bentez
inessive	bentatan	bentan	bentetan
locative	bentatako	bentako	bentetako
allative	bentatara	bentara	bentetara
terminative	bentataraino	bentaraino	bentetaraino
directive	bentatarantz	bentarantz	bentetarantz
destinative	bentatarako	bentarako	bentetarako
ablative	bentatatik	bentatik	bentetatik
partitive	bentarik	—	—
prolative	bentatzat	—	—

Further reading

• “benta”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “benta”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese botar and Spanish botar and Kabuverdianu bota.

Verb

benta

1. to throw

Portuguese

Etymology

From bento (“holy”), from Old Galician-Portuguese bẽeyto, from Latin benedictus (“blessed”), perfect passive participle of benedicō (“to bless”), from bene (“well”) + dīco (“to say”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbẽ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -ẽtɐ
• Hyphenation: ben‧ta

Noun

benta f (plural bentas)

1. female equivalent of bento
2. (Portugal) a nasty looking boil or wart

Related terms

• benção
• bendição
• bendito
• bendizer
• bento
• benzer

 

Adjective

benta

1. feminine singular of bento

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish venta.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbenta/ [ˈbɛn̪.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -enta
• Syllabification: ben‧ta

Noun

benta (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. (business) sale; act of selling
2. (business) income from sales
3. ready-made clothes

Derived terms

• benta-benta
• bentahan
• binenta
• bumenta
• ibenta
• ipabenta
• ipagbenta
• mabenta
• magbenta
• magkabenta
• magpabenta
• makabenta
• makibenta
• makipagbenta
• makipagbentahan
• nabenta
• pagbenta
• pagkabenta
• pagkakabenta
• pakibenta
• pakibentahan
• pakikipagbenta
• palabenta
• pambenta
• pangbenta
• tagabenta
• tagapagbenta

 

Adjective

benta (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. (colloquial) sold well (of a product)
2. (colloquial) well-received (especially jokes)

Verb

benta (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. immediate imperative mood of ibenta
2. immediate imperative mood of magbenta

Further reading

• “benta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018