ventã

See also: venta and ventá

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vẽˈtɐ̃/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vẽˈtɐ̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vẽˈtɐ̃/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bẽˈtɐ̃/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃
• Hyphenation: ven‧tã

Noun

ventã f (plural ventãs)

1. (dated) window
2. (dialectal) Alternative form of venta

References

• “ventã”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “ventã”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024