ventar

Catalan

Etymology

From vent +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bənˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vənˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [venˈtaɾ]

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Verb

ventar (first-person singular present vento, first-person singular preterite ventí, past participle ventat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (intransitive) to be windy

   Synonym: ventejar

2. (transitive) to cast to the wind, to scatter
3. (agriculture, transitive) to winnow
4. (transitive) to fan

   Synonym: ventallar

5. (transitive) to move back and forth, to wave, to wag

   Synonym: brandar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ventar (first conjugation)

infinitive			ventar
gerund			ventant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ventat		ventada
		plural		ventats		ventades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	vento	ventes	venta	ventem	venteu	venten
	imperfect	ventava	ventaves	ventava	ventàvem	ventàveu	ventaven
	future	ventaré	ventaràs	ventarà	ventarem	ventareu	ventaran
	preterite	ventí	ventares	ventà	ventàrem	ventàreu	ventaren
	conditional	ventaria	ventaries	ventaria	ventaríem	ventaríeu	ventarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	venti	ventis	venti	ventem	venteu	ventin
	imperfect	ventés	ventessis	ventés	ventéssim	ventéssiu	ventessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	venta	venti	ventem	venteu	ventin
	negative (no)	—	no ventis	no venti	no ventem	no venteu	no ventin

Derived terms

• ventador
• ventafocs
• ventall

Further reading

• “ventar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ventar (attested since circa 1300 in Galician texts).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /benˈtaɾ/

Verb

ventar (first-person singular present vento, first-person singular preterite ventei, past participle ventado)

1. (intransitive, impersonal) to blow (the wind)

   Synonyms: ventear, zafrear

2. (transitive) to sniff
   • c. 1840, Antonio María de la Iglesia, editor, El idioma Gallego, su antigüedad y vida, A Coruña: Latorre y Martínez Edts, page 180:

     por eso andades pillando votos a bandadas como cando preada ventan os corvos; Por eso eres ti do banco donde se xuntan os votos pra trocar as papeletas e facer outros embrollos

     that's the reason behind you catching votes at large as when the crows sniff a carcass; because of this, you are of the bench where the ballots are reunited to change the papers and to do other wrongs

3. (transitive) to have a feeling; to find out; to suspect

   Synonyms: barruntar, presentir, sospeitar

   • 1779, Diego Antonio Cernadas y Castro, Obras en prosa y verso:

     Mais non podès, porque ò lume,
     por moito que se atafegue,
     logo ò venta quen se achegue,
     anque del non vexa fume

     But thou can't, because fire,
     no matter how much you suffocate it,
     it is soon perceived by someone who comes near,
     even it they don't see their smoke

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ventar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	ventar
Personal	ventar	ventares	ventar	ventarmos	ventardes	ventaren
Gerund
	ventando
Past participle
Masculine	ventado			ventados
Feminine	ventada			ventadas
Indicative
Present	vento	ventas	venta	ventamos	ventades	ventan
Imperfect	ventaba	ventabas	ventaba	ventabamos	ventabades	ventaban
Preterite	ventei	ventaches	ventou	ventamos	ventastes	ventaron
Pluperfect	ventara	ventaras	ventara	ventaramos	ventarades	ventaran
Future	ventarei	ventarás	ventará	ventaremos	ventaredes	ventarán
Conditional	ventaría	ventarías	ventaría	ventariamos	ventariades	ventarían
Subjunctive
Present	vente	ventes	vente	ventemos	ventedes	venten
Imperfect	ventase	ventases	ventase	ventásemos	ventásedes	ventasen
Future	ventar	ventares	ventar	ventarmos	ventardes	ventaren
Imperative
Affirmative		venta	vente	ventemos	ventade	venten
Negative (non)		non ventes	non vente	non ventemos	non ventedes	non venten

    Reintegrated conjugation of ventar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	ventar
Personal	ventar	ventares	ventar	ventarmos	ventardes	ventarem
Gerund
	ventando
Past participle
Masculine	ventado			ventados
Feminine	ventada			ventadas
Indicative
Present	vento	ventas	venta	ventamos	ventades, ventais	ventam
Imperfect	ventava	ventavas	ventava	ventávamos	ventávades, ventáveis, ventávais1	ventavam
Preterite	ventei	ventaste, ventache1	ventou	ventamos	ventastes	ventárom, ventaram
Pluperfect	ventara	ventaras	ventara	ventáramos	ventárades, ventáreis, ventárais1	ventaram
Future	ventarei	ventarás	ventará	ventaremos	ventaredes, ventareis	ventarám, ventarão
Conditional	ventaria	ventarias	ventaria	ventaríamos	ventaríades, ventaríeis, ventaríais1	ventariam
Subjunctive
Present	vente	ventes	vente	ventemos	ventedes, venteis	ventem
Imperfect	ventasse	ventasses	ventasse	ventássemos	ventássedes, ventásseis	ventassem
Future	ventar	ventares	ventar	ventarmos	ventardes	ventarem
Imperative
Affirmative		venta	vente	ventemos	ventade, ventai	ventem
Negative (nom)		nom ventes	nom vente	nom ventemos	nom ventedes, nom venteis	nom ventem

¹Less recommended.

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ventar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “uentar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ventar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “ventar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ventar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “ventar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ventar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ido

Etymology

From vento +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /venˈtar/

Verb

ventar (present tense ventas, past tense ventis, future tense ventos, imperative ventez, conditional ventus)

1. (intransitive) to blow, be windy

Conjugation

Conjugation of ventar

		present		past		future
infinitive		ventar		ventir		ventor
tense		ventas		ventis		ventos
conditional		ventus		—		—
imperative		ventez		—		—
adjective active participle		ventanta		ventinta		ventonta
adverbial active participle		ventante		ventinte		ventonte
nominal active participle	singular	ventanto		ventinto		ventonto
	plural	ventanti		ventinti		ventonti

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

ventar

1. present of venta

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

vento +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βẽnˈtaɾ/, /βẽˈtaɾ/

Verb

ventar

1. (intransitive, impersonal) to blow (the wind)
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 519:

     Tanto que fuy manãa, fezo o sol muy claro et muy bõo, et despois cõmeçou d'escureçer et de chouer et uentar muyto, et todos andauã mollados et anoiados

     As soon as it dawned it was sunny and clear, but then it darkened and it rained and the wind blew strongly, and everyone was wet and annoyed

2. (transitive) to have a feeling; to find out; to suspect

   Synonyms: barruntar, presentir, sospeitar

   • c. 1295, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: IEOPF, page 873:

     Mays os mouros ouuerõ a uentar a caua que elles llj faziã

     But the Moors eventually discovered the mine that they were digging [under the Moor's castle]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ventar

infinitive				ventar
gerund		simple		ventando
		compound		gerund of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		ventado		ventados
		feminine		ventada		ventadas
present participle				ventante		ventantes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	vento	ventas	venta	ventamos	ventades, ventaes, ventais, ventaas, ventás	ventan
	imperfect	ventava	ventavas	ventava	ventavamos, ventávamos	ventavades, ventávades, ventávaes, ventávais, ventávees, ventáveis	ventavan
	preterite	ventei	ventaste, ventasche, ventache	ventou	ventamos	ventastes	ventaron
	pluperfect	ventara	ventaras	ventara	ventaramos, ventáramos	ventarades, ventárades, ventáraes, ventárais, ventárees, ventáreis	ventaran
	future	ventarei	ventarás	ventará	ventaremos	ventaredes, ventarees, ventareis, ventarês	ventarán
	conditional	ventaria	ventarias	ventaria	ventariamos, ventaríamos	ventariades, ventaríades, ventaríaes, ventaríais, ventaríees, ventaríeis	ventarian
compound tenses	present perfect	present of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	past anterior	preterite of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect anterior	simple pluperfect of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	future perfect	future of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
subjunctive mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	vente	ventes	vente	ventemos	ventedes, ventees, venteis, ventês	venten
	imperfect	ventasse	ventasses	ventasse	ventassemos, ventássemos	ventassedes, ventássedes, ventássees, ventásseis	ventassen
	future	ventar	ventares	ventar	ventarmos	ventardes	ventaren
compound tenses	present perfect	present subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	future perfect	future subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
imperative mood		—	tu	—	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	—
affirmative		—	venta	—	ventemos	ventade, ventae, ventai	—
negative		—	non ventes	—	non ventemos	non ventedes, non ventees, non venteis, non ventês	—
personal infinitive		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
		ventar	ventares	ventar	ventarmos	ventardes	ventaren
1 teer and “ter were also used, although all three were less common than haver.

Descendants

• Galician: ventar
• Portuguese: ventar

Further reading

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ventar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology

14th century. From vento (“wind”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vẽˈta(ʁ)/ [vẽˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vẽˈta(ʁ)/ [vẽˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /vẽˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /vẽˈta(ʁ)/ [vẽˈta(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /vẽˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vẽˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vẽˈtaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bẽˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /vẽˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ven‧tar

Verb

ventar (impersonal, third-person singular present venta, third-person singular preterite ventou, past participle ventado)

1. (intransitive, impersonal, of wind) to blow

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ventar (impersonal) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	ventar
Personal	—	—	ventar	—	—	—
Gerund
	ventando
Past participle
Masculine	ventado			—
Feminine	—			—
Indicative
Present	—	—	venta	—	—	—
Imperfect	—	—	ventava	—	—	—
Preterite	—	—	ventou	—	—	—
Pluperfect	—	—	ventara	—	—	—
Future	—	—	ventará	—	—	—
Conditional	—	—	ventaria	—	—	—
Subjunctive
Present	—	—	vente	—	—	—
Imperfect	—	—	ventasse	—	—	—
Future	—	—	ventar	—	—	—
Imperative
Affirmative		—	—	—	—	—
Negative (não)		—	—	—	—	—

Related terms

• ventania

Further reading

• “ventar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ventar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From viento +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /benˈtaɾ/ [bẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ven‧tar

Verb

ventar (first-person singular present viento, first-person singular preterite venté, past participle ventado)

1. (intransitive) to blow
2. (transitive) to sniff, scent

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ventar (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			ventar
gerund			ventando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ventado		ventada
		plural		ventados		ventadas
		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	viento	vientastú ventásvos	vienta	ventamos	ventáis	vientan
	imperfect	ventaba	ventabas	ventaba	ventábamos	ventabais	ventaban
	preterite	venté	ventaste	ventó	ventamos	ventasteis	ventaron
	future	ventaré	ventarás	ventará	ventaremos	ventaréis	ventarán
	conditional	ventaría	ventarías	ventaría	ventaríamos	ventaríais	ventarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	viente	vientestú ventésvos2	viente	ventemos	ventéis	vienten
	imperfect (ra)	ventara	ventaras	ventara	ventáramos	ventarais	ventaran
	imperfect (se)	ventase	ventases	ventase	ventásemos	ventaseis	ventasen
	future1	ventare	ventares	ventare	ventáremos	ventareis	ventaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		vientatú ventávos	viente	ventemos	ventad	vienten
	negative		no vientes	no viente	no ventemos	no ventéis	no vienten

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of ventar (e-ie alternation)

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 ventar	dative	ventarme	ventarte	ventarle, ventarse	ventarnos	ventaros	ventarles, ventarse
	accusative	ventarme	ventarte	ventarlo, ventarla, ventarse	ventarnos	ventaros	ventarlos, ventarlas, ventarse
with gerund ventando	dative	ventándome	ventándote	ventándole, ventándose	ventándonos	ventándoos	ventándoles, ventándose
	accusative	ventándome	ventándote	ventándolo, ventándola, ventándose	ventándonos	ventándoos	ventándolos, ventándolas, ventándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative vienta	dative	viéntame	viéntate	viéntale	viéntanos	not used	viéntales
	accusative	viéntame	viéntate	viéntalo, viéntala	viéntanos	not used	viéntalos, viéntalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative ventá	dative	ventame	ventate	ventale	ventanos	not used	ventales
	accusative	ventame	ventate	ventalo, ventala	ventanos	not used	ventalos, ventalas
with formal second-person singular imperative viente	dative	viénteme	not used	viéntele, viéntese	viéntenos	not used	viénteles
	accusative	viénteme	not used	viéntelo, viéntela, viéntese	viéntenos	not used	viéntelos, viéntelas
with first-person plural imperative ventemos	dative	not used	ventémoste	ventémosle	ventémonos	ventémoos	ventémosles
	accusative	not used	ventémoste	ventémoslo, ventémosla	ventémonos	ventémoos	ventémoslos, ventémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative ventad	dative	ventadme	not used	ventadle	ventadnos	ventaos	ventadles
	accusative	ventadme	not used	ventadlo, ventadla	ventadnos	ventaos	ventadlos, ventadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative vienten	dative	viéntenme	not used	viéntenle	viéntennos	not used	viéntenles, viéntense
	accusative	viéntenme	not used	viéntenlo, viéntenla	viéntennos	not used	viéntenlos, viéntenlas, viéntense

Further reading

• “ventar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025