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.

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
• “ventá” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ventá” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “ventá” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Verb

ventá

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of ventar