ventana

Asturian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ventana f (plural ventanes)

1. window

Chavacano

Alternative forms

• vintana, bintana (Caviteño, Ternateño)

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish ventana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /benˈtana/, [bẽn̪ˈt̪a.na]

• IPA^(key): /binˈtanaʔ/, [bĩn̪ˈt̪a.naʔ] m

• IPA^(key): /binˈtana/, [bĩn̪ˈt̪a.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

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

• ventana at the Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano.
• ventana at the Pallabeiru Llïonés.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ventana, from Latin ventus. Doublet of ventã (“window”) 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 (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ventana”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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 (all archaic)

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

   Synonym: narina

Derived terms

• echar la casa por la ventana
• el verbo echar echa la hache por la ventana
• Sierra de la Ventana
• tirar la casa por la ventana
• ventana emergente
• ventanilla
• ventanita

Descendants

• Chavacano: ventana
• Chibcha: ventana
• Papiamentu: bentana
• → Bikol Central: bentana
• → 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10