ventura

See also: Ventura

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /venˈtu.ra/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: ven‧tù‧ra

Etymology 1

From Latin ventūra (“the things that will come”, i.e. “the future”), neuter plural form of ventūrus (“which will come”), future active participle of veniō (“I come, approach”).

Noun

ventura f (plural venture)

1. destiny, fate, chance

   Synonyms: destino, fato, sorte

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XVII, lines 19–24, page 307:

     mentre ch’io era a Virgilio congiunto ¶ su per lo monte che l’anime cura ¶ e discendendo nel mondo defunto, ¶ dette mi fuor di mia vita futura ¶ parole gravi, avvegna ch’io mi senta ¶ ben tetragono ai colpi di ventura

     While I was with Virgilius conjoined upon the mountain that the souls doth heal, and when descending into the dead world, were spoken to me of my future life some grievous words; although I feel myself in sooth foursquare against the blows of chance

2. (archaic) chance, coincidence, accident

   Synonym: caso

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto V, lines 85–93, page 73–74:

     Poi disse un altro: «Deh, se quel disio ¶ si compia che ti tragge a l’alto monte, ¶ con buona pïetate aiuta il mio! ¶ Io fui di Montefeltro, io son Bonconte; ¶ Giovanna o altri non ha di me cura; ¶ per ch’io vo tra costor con bassa fronte». ¶ E io a lui: «Qual forza o qual ventura ¶ ti travïò sì fuor di Campaldino, ¶ che non si seppe mai tua sepultura?».

     Then said another: "Ah, be that desire fulfilled that draws thee to the lofty mountain, as thou with pious pity aidest mine. I was of Montefeltro, and am Buonconte; Giovanna, nor none other cares for me; hence among these I go with downcast front." And I to him: "What violence or what chance led thee astray so far from Campaldino, that never has thy sepulture been known?"

3. fortune, chance, luck

   Synonyms: fortuna, sorte

   Antonym: sventura

Derived terms

• sventura
• venturiero
• venturoso

Related terms

• venturo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

ventura

1. feminine singular of venturo

References

• ventura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Participle

ventūra

1. inflection of ventūrus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

ventūrā

1. ablative feminine singular of ventūrus

References

• ventura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Piedmontese

Alternative forms

• ventüra

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛŋˈtyra/

Noun

ventura f (plural venture)

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• vẽtura (obsolete, abbreviation)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese ventura, from Latin ventūra.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /vẽ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/
• Hyphenation: ven‧tu‧ra

Noun

ventura f (plural venturas)

1. fortune, chance, luck

   Synonyms: acaso, fortuna, sorte

   Synonym: desventura

2. happiness

   Synonym: felicidade

3. venture

Derived terms

• à ventura
• por ventura
• porventura
• venturoso

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ventūra (“the things that will come, i.e. the future”), neuter plural form of ventūrus (“which will come”), future active participle of veniō (“to come, approach”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /benˈtuɾa/, [bẽn̪ˈt̪u.ɾa]
• Hyphenation: ven‧tu‧ra

Adjective

ventura f

1. feminine singular of venturo

Noun

ventura f (plural venturas)

1. fortune, chance, luck

   Synonyms: fortuna, suerte

Derived terms

• a la buena ventura
• por ventura

 

Related terms

• desventura
• aventura
• buenaventura
• malaventura
• venturoso

Further reading

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