ventear

Spanish

Etymology

From viento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /benteˈaɾ/ [bẽn̪.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ven‧te‧ar

Verb

ventear (first-person singular present venteo, first-person singular preterite venteé, past participle venteado)

1. (impersonal) to blow (of the wind)
2. to sniff the air (said of an animal)
3. to air, air out (clothes)
4. to sniff around, snoop
5. (reflexive) to split
6. (reflexive) to blister (get a blister)
7. (reflexive) to dry out (e..g tobacco)
8. (reflexive) to break wind

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ventear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			ventear
gerund			venteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		venteado		venteada
		plural		venteados		venteadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	venteo	venteastú venteásvos	ventea	venteamos	venteáis	ventean
	imperfect	venteaba	venteabas	venteaba	venteábamos	venteabais	venteaban
	preterite	venteé	venteaste	venteó	venteamos	venteasteis	ventearon
	future	ventearé	ventearás	venteará	ventearemos	ventearéis	ventearán
	conditional	ventearía	ventearías	ventearía	ventearíamos	ventearíais	ventearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ventee	venteestú venteésvos2	ventee	venteemos	venteéis	venteen
	imperfect (ra)	venteara	ventearas	venteara	venteáramos	ventearais	ventearan
	imperfect (se)	ventease	venteases	ventease	venteásemos	venteaseis	venteasen
	future1	venteare	venteares	venteare	venteáremos	venteareis	ventearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		venteatú venteávos	ventee	venteemos	ventead	venteen
	negative		no ventees	no ventee	no venteemos	no venteéis	no venteen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of ventear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive ventear
	dative	ventearme	ventearte	ventearle, ventearse	ventearnos	ventearos	ventearles, ventearse
	accusative	ventearme	ventearte	ventearlo, ventearla, ventearse	ventearnos	ventearos	ventearlos, ventearlas, ventearse
with gerund venteando
	dative	venteándome	venteándote	venteándole, venteándose	venteándonos	venteándoos	venteándoles, venteándose
	accusative	venteándome	venteándote	venteándolo, venteándola, venteándose	venteándonos	venteándoos	venteándolos, venteándolas, venteándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative ventea
	dative	ventéame	ventéate	ventéale	ventéanos	not used	ventéales
	accusative	ventéame	ventéate	ventéalo, ventéala	ventéanos	not used	ventéalos, ventéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative venteá
	dative	venteame	venteate	venteale	venteanos	not used	venteales
	accusative	venteame	venteate	ventealo, venteala	venteanos	not used	ventealos, ventealas
with formal second-person singular imperative ventee
	dative	ventéeme	not used	ventéele, ventéese	ventéenos	not used	ventéeles
	accusative	ventéeme	not used	ventéelo, ventéela, ventéese	ventéenos	not used	ventéelos, ventéelas
with first-person plural imperative venteemos
	dative	not used	venteémoste	venteémosle	venteémonos	venteémoos	venteémosles
	accusative	not used	venteémoste	venteémoslo, venteémosla	venteémonos	venteémoos	venteémoslos, venteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative ventead
	dative	venteadme	not used	venteadle	venteadnos	venteaos	venteadles
	accusative	venteadme	not used	venteadlo, venteadla	venteadnos	venteaos	venteadlos, venteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative venteen
	dative	ventéenme	not used	ventéenle	ventéennos	not used	ventéenles, ventéense
	accusative	ventéenme	not used	ventéenlo, ventéenla	ventéennos	not used	ventéenlos, ventéenlas, ventéense

Related terms

• ventar
• ventosear
• viento

 

Further reading

• “ventear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16