ventana

Asturian

Noun

ventana f (plural ventanes)

1. window

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Chibcha

Etymology

Borrowed from Old 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.

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Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ventana.

Noun

ventana

1. window

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Ladino

Noun

ventana f (Latin spelling)

1. window

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Leonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /benˈtana/

Noun

ventana f (plural ventanas)

1. window

References

• AEDLL

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ventana, from Latin ventus. Cognate of ventã.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vẽ.ˈtɐ.nɐ/
• Hyphenation: ven‧ta‧na

Noun

ventana f (plural ventanas)

1. (archaic) window

   Synonym: janela

2. handheld fan

   Synonym: leque

3. snooker pocket

   Synonym: ventanilha

4. (Brazil) troublemaker

   Synonyms: desordeiro, mau, turbulento.

Adjective

ventana m or f (plural ventanas, comparable)

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.

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ventāna, from Latin ventus (“wind”). Compare Asturian ventana, Extremaduran ventana, Galician ventá, Leonese ventana, Mirandese bentana, Portuguese ventã.

Pronunciation

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

• echar la casa por la ventana; tirar la casa por la ventana
• ventanal

Descendants

• → Bikol Central: bintana
• → Cebuano: bintana, bentana
• → Hiligaynon: bintana
• Papiamentu: bentana
• → Tagalog: bintana

Further reading

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