ventana

Asturian

Noun

ventana f (plural ventanes)

1. window

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Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ventana.

Noun

ventana

1. window

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Ladino

Noun

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.)

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

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

Noun

ventana f (plural s)

1. (archaic) window
2. handheld fan
3. snooker pocket
4. (Brazil) troublemaker

Synonyms

• (window): janela
• (handheld fan): leque
• (snooker pocket): ventanilha
• (troublemaker): desordeiro, mau, turbulento.

Adjective

1. (Brazil) troublemaker

Synonyms

• (troublemaker): desordeiro, mau, turbulento.

References

• Template:R:Priberam
• 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

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Spanish

Etymology

Derived from Latin ventus (wind), through a Vulgar Latin root *ventana. 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

• → Cebuano: bintana, bentana
• → Hiligaynon: bintana
• → Tagalog: bintana

Further reading

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