ventá

See also: venta and ventã

Galician

unha ventá (a window)

Alternative forms

• ventán

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ventãa, from Vulgar Latin *ventāna, derived from Latin ventus (“wind”). Compare Portuguese ventã, venta, and Spanish ventana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /benˈta/ [ben̪ˈt̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ven‧tá

Noun

ventá f (plural ventás)

1. window

   Synonyms: fiestra, xanela

2. nostril

   Synonyms: narno, venta

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “uentaas”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ventá”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ventá”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ventá”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Verb

ventá

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of ventar