ventana

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ventāna, derived from Latin ventus (“wind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /benˈtana/, [bẽn̪ˈt̪a.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: ven‧ta‧na

Noun

ventana f (plural ventanes)

1. window

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish ventana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /benˈtana/, [bẽn̪ˈt̪a.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: ven‧ta‧na

Noun

ventana (plural ventanas)

1. window

Related terms

• ventanilla
• viento

Chibcha

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ventana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βentana/

Noun

ventana

1. Alternative form of bentana

References

• Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ventana.

Noun

ventana

1. window

Ladino

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ventāna, derived from Latin ventus (“wind”).

Noun

ventana f (Latin spelling)

1. window

Leonese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ventāna, derived from Latin ventus (“wind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /benˈtana/, [bẽn̪ˈt̪a.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: ven‧ta‧na

Noun

ventana f (plural ventanas)

1. window

References

• AEDLL

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ventana, from Latin ventus. Doublet of ventã (“windown”) and venta (“nostril”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vẽˈtɐ̃.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vẽˈtɐ̃.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vẽˈtɐ.na/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vẽˈtɐ.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vẽˈtɐ.nɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bẽˈta.nɐ/

• Rhymes: (Portugal, Southern Brazil) -ɐnɐ, (most of Brazil) -ɐ̃nɐ, (Northern Portugal) -anɐ
• Hyphenation: ven‧ta‧na

Noun

ventana f (plural ventanas)

1. (archaic) window

   Synonym: janela

2. handheld fan

   Synonym: leque

3. snooker pocket

   Synonym: ventanilha

Noun

ventana m (plural ventanas)

1. (Brazil) troublemaker

   Synonyms: desordeiro, mau, turbulento.

Adjective

ventana m or f (plural ventanas)

1. (Brazil) troublemaker

   Synonyms: desordeiro, mau, turbulento.

References

• “ventana” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• “ventana” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• fentana

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ventana.

Noun

ventana f

1. window

References

• Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “ventána”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ventāna, derived from Latin ventus (“wind”). Compare Portuguese ventã and Galician ventá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /benˈtana/ [bẽn̪ˈt̪a.na]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: ven‧ta‧na

Noun

ventana f (plural ventanas)

1. window (opening for light and air)

   Synonyms: fenestra, finiestra, hiniestra

2. window frame
3. (computing) window (area on a computer screen)
4. nostril
5. small gap or opening; forest clearing

Derived terms

(diminutive ventanilla or ventanita)

• el verbo echar echa la hache por la ventana
• echar la casa por la ventana; tirar la casa por la ventana
• ventana emergente
• ventanal

Descendants

• Chavacano: ventana
• Chibcha: ventana
• Papiamentu: bentana
• → Bikol Central: bintana
• → Cebuano: bintana, bentana
• → Classical Nahuatl: ventana
• → Guaraní: ovetã
• → Hiligaynon: bintana
• → Portuguese: ventana
• → Sardinian: ventana, fentana
• → Tagalog: bintana

Further reading

• “ventana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014