vento

See also: Vento, vénto, and ventó

Catalan

Verb

vento

1. first-person singular present indicative of ventar

Esperanto

Etymology

From French vent and Italian vento, both from Latin ventus. Doublet of ventoli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvento/

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• Audio 3:

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• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: ven‧to

Noun

vento (accusative singular venton, plural ventoj, accusative plural ventojn)

1. (weather) wind

   La vento forte blovis tra la arbaro hieraŭ.

   The wind blew strongly through the forest yesterday.

Derived terms

adjectives

• ventanima

nouns

• suna vento
• sunvento
• ventego
• ventmuelejo
• ventoturbino

verbs

• ventumi

Further reading

• “vento”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “vento”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Galician

Vento ("wind")

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbento/ [ˈben̪.t̪ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ento
• IPA^(key): (dialectal) /ˈbɛnto/ [ˈbɛn̪.t̪ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Hyphenation: ven‧to

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Latin ventus

Old Galician-Portuguese vento

Galician vento

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vento, from Latin ventus.

Noun

vento m (plural ventos)

1. wind (movement of air)

Derived terms

• ventar
• ventear
• vento solar
• vento tolo
• Ventosa
• Ventosela
• ventoselo
• ventoso

Related terms

• vendaval

References

• “vento”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “vento”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “vento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vento”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vento”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

vento

1. first-person singular present indicative of ventar

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto vento, from Latin ventus.

Noun

vento (plural venti)

1. (weather) wind

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin ventus.

Noun

vento m

1. wind

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ventus (“wind”), from Proto-Italic *wentos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts, from *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛn.to/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Hyphenation: vèn‧to

Noun

vento m (plural venti)

1. wind (movement of air caused by differences in atmospheric pressure)

Related terms

• frangivento
• mulino a vento
• paravento
• rosa dei venti
• sopravvento
• sottovento
• sventare
• ventaglio
• ventare
• ventata
• venticello
• ventilare
• vento solare
• vento stellare
• ventola
• ventolare
• ventosa
• ventoso

See also

• meteorologia

Latin

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti

Proto-Italic *gʷəniō

Latin veniō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin ventō

From veniō (“to come to, to arrive, to reach”) + -tō (frequentive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwɛn.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛn.to]

Verb

ventō (present infinitive ventāre); first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

1. (intransitive) to be wont to come, come often, keep coming, resort

   Synonym: ventitō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ventō (first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	ventō		ventās		ventat		ventāmus		ventātis		ventant
	imperfect	ventābam		ventābās		ventābat		ventābāmus		ventābātis		ventābant
	future	ventābō		ventābis		ventābit		ventābimus		ventābitis		ventābunt
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	ventem		ventēs		ventet		ventēmus		ventētis		ventent
	imperfect	ventārem		ventārēs		ventāret		ventārēmus		ventārētis		ventārent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		ventā		—		—		ventāte		—
	future	—		ventātō		ventātō		—		ventātōte		ventantō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		ventāre			—			ventāns			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		ventandī		ventandō		ventandum		ventandō		—		—

Related terms

• adveniō
• adventō
• antēveniō
• circumveniō
• contraveniō
• conveniō
• conventō
• dēveniō
• ēveniō
• interveniō
• inveniō
• obveniō
• perveniō
• praeveniō
• prōveniō
• reveniō
• subveniō
• subventō
• superveniō
• transveniō
• veniō
• ventiō
• ventitō

Etymology 2

See ventus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwɛn.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛn.to]

Noun

ventō m

1. dative/ablative singular of ventus (“wind”)

References

• “vento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vento”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to run before the wind: vento se dare
    

Ligurian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ventus (“wind”), from Proto-Italic *wentos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts, from *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Genoa) [ˈvɛntʊ], [ˈventʊ]
• IPA^(key): (Savona) [ˈvɛntʊ]

Noun

vento m (plural venti)

1. wind
2. (slang) money

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 399: “il vento, i venti” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ventus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈβẽ.to/

Noun

vento m (plural ventos)

1. wind

Descendants

• Fala: ventu
• Galician: vento
• Portuguese: vento (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “vento”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “vento”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “vento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvẽ.tu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvẽ.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvẽ.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbẽ.tu/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -ẽtu
• Hyphenation: ven‧to

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese vento, from Latin ventus, from Proto-Italic *wentos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“blowing”), present participle of *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).

Noun

vento m (plural ventos)

1. wind (moving air)
2. (less common) air (gases of the atmosphere)

   Synonym: ar

3. (Brazil, figurative) nothingness; nothing (the lack of something)

   Synonym: nada

   Coloquei a mão no bolso para pegar a carteira, mas só encontrei vento.

   I put my hand in my pocket to get my wallet, but I found nothing.

Derived terms

• cata-vento
• para-vento
• ventinho

Related terms

• vendaval
• ventã
• ventar
• ventilar

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: bentu
• Kabuverdianu: bentu
• Papiamentu: bientu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vento

1. first-person singular present indicative of ventar

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ligurian vento. Doublet of viento. Originally a Lunfardo word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbento/ [ˈbẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: ven‧to

Noun

vento m (plural ventos)

1. (obsolete in Rioplatense and Peru, criminal slang in Bolivia and Chile) money

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dinero

Venetan

Etymology

From Latin ventus, from Proto-Italic *wentos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“blowing”), present participle of *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛn.to/

Noun

vento m (plural venti)

1. wind

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 399: “il vento; i venti” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Boerio, Giuseppe (1867), “vento”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 786