Venezuela
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Venezuela, from Italian Veneziola, diminutive of Venezia (“Venice”), after the stilt houses reminiscent of Venetian architecture.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˌvɛn.ɪˈzweɪ.lə/, /ˌvɛn.ɛzˈweɪ.lə/, /ˌvɛn.əˈzweɪ.lə/
Audio (UK): (file) Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪlə
Proper noun
Venezuela
- A country in South America. Official name: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Capital and largest city: Caracas.
- 2025 January 22, Clare Foran, Haley Talbot and Priscilla Alvarez, “Congress passes immigrant detention bill in first legislative win for Trump”, in CNN:
- The legislation is named after Laken Riley, a 22-year old Georgia student who was killed last year while out for a run. An undocumented migrant from Venezuela was convicted and sentenced to life without parole in the case that reignited a national debate over immigration and crime.
Derived terms
Translations
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See also
Albanian
Proper noun
Venezuela
Asturian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Venezuela f
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Related terms
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Proper noun
Venezuela
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Central Nahuatl
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Venezuela.
Proper noun
Venezuela
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Venezuela f (relational adjective venezuelský, demonym Venezuelan or Venezuelec)
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Declension
Further reading
- “Venezuela”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “Venezuela”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “Venezuela”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Danish
Proper noun
Venezuela
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Venezuela, from Italian Veneziola.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌveː.nə.zyˈeː.laː/, /ˌveː.neː.zyˈeː.laː/
Audio (Netherlands): (file) - Hyphenation: Ve‧ne‧zu‧e‧la
- Rhymes: -eːlaː
Proper noun
Venezuela n
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
- (historical) Venezuela (South American province of the Spanish Empire)
Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋenetsuelɑ/,
- Rhymes: -uelɑ
- Syllabification(key): Ve‧ne‧zu‧e‧la
- Hyphenation(key): Ve‧ne‧zue‧la
Proper noun
Venezuela
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Declension
| Inflection of Venezuela (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Venezuela | — | |
| genitive | Venezuelan | — | |
| partitive | Venezuelaa | — | |
| illative | Venezuelaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Venezuela | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Venezuela | — |
| gen. | Venezuelan | ||
| genitive | Venezuelan | — | |
| partitive | Venezuelaa | — | |
| inessive | Venezuelassa | — | |
| elative | Venezuelasta | — | |
| illative | Venezuelaan | — | |
| adessive | Venezuelalla | — | |
| ablative | Venezuelalta | — | |
| allative | Venezuelalle | — | |
| essive | Venezuelana | — | |
| translative | Venezuelaksi | — | |
| abessive | Venezuelatta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
French
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Venezuela m
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Related terms
German
Etymology
From Spanish Venezuela, from Old Spanish Veneçuela (diminutive of Venecia (“Venice”)).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Venezuela n (proper noun, genitive Venezuelas or (optionally with an article) Venezuela)
- Venezuela (a country in South America; official name: Bolivarische Republik Venezuela)
Derived terms
Haitian Creole
Proper noun
Venezuela
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
- 2019 March 19, “Rankont ann Itali ant Anvwaye Espesyal Etazini ak Larisi sou Kriz Venezuela a”, in Lavwadlamerik:
- Anvwaye espesyal Etazini pou Venezuela, Elliot Abrams, ak vis-minis afè etranjè Larisi, Sergei Ryabkov, ap fè reyinyon nan vil Wòm ann Itali pou yo pale sou “sityasyon Venezuela kap agrave.”
- American Special Envoy for Venezuela Elliot Abrams and Russian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Ryabkov are meeting in the city of Rome, Italy to speak about "the worsening situation in Venezuela."
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Venezuela
- Venezuela (a country in South America; official name: Venezuelai Bolivári Köztársaság)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Venezuela | — |
| accusative | Venezuelát | — |
| dative | Venezuelának | — |
| instrumental | Venezuelával | — |
| causal-final | Venezueláért | — |
| translative | Venezuelává | — |
| terminative | Venezueláig | — |
| essive-formal | Venezuelaként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Venezuelában | — |
| superessive | Venezuelán | — |
| adessive | Venezuelánál | — |
| illative | Venezuelába | — |
| sublative | Venezuelára | — |
| allative | Venezuelához | — |
| elative | Venezuelából | — |
| delative | Venezueláról | — |
| ablative | Venezuelától | — |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
Venezueláé | — |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
Venezueláéi | — |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | Venezuelám | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Venezuelád | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Venezuelája | — |
| 1st person plural | Venezuelánk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Venezuelátok | — |
| 3rd person plural | Venezuelájuk | — |
Derived terms
See also
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ve.net.t͡suˈɛ.la/, /ve.ned.d͡zuˈɛ.la/, /ve.netˈt͡swɛ.la/, /ve.nedˈd͡zwɛ.la/
- Rhymes: -ɛla
- Hyphenation: Ve‧ne‧zu‧è‧la, Ve‧ne‧zuè‧la
Proper noun
Venezuela m
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Related terms
References
- ^ Venezuela in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Venezuela
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Venezuela
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Related terms
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Ve‧ne‧zu‧e‧la
Proper noun
Venezuela f
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Derived terms
Romanian
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Venezuela f
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Venezuela f (genitive singular Venezuely, declension pattern of žena)
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
References
- “Venezuela”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
Slovene
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Venezuéla f
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Declension
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Feminine, a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Venezuéla | |
| genitive | Venezuéle | |
| singular | ||
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Venezuéla | |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Venezuéle | |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
Venezuéli | |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Venezuélo | |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Venezuéli | |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Venezuélo | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “Venezuela”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish Veneçuela (from Venecia (“Venice”) + -uela).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beneˈθwela/ (Spain)
- IPA(key): /beneˈswela/ (Latin America, Philippines)
Audio (Peru); “Venezuela; capital: Caracas”: (file) Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -ela
- Syllabification: Ve‧ne‧zue‧la
Proper noun
Venezuela f
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
- a town in Ciego de Ávila, Cuba
Related terms
Further reading
- “Venezuela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Venezuela.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Venezuela
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Venezuela n (genitive Venezuelas)
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- Venezuela in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
- Svensk MeSH
Tatar
Proper noun
Venezuela
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Declension
declension of Venezuela
| Nominative | Venezuela |
|---|---|
| Genitive | Venezuelanıñ |
| Dative | Venezuelaga |
| Accusative | Venezuelanı |
| Locative | Venezuelada |
| Ablative | Venezueladan |
Turkish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Venezuela
- Venezuela (a country in South America)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Venezuela |
| accusative | Venezuela'yı |
| dative | Venezuela'ya |
| locative | Venezuela'da |
| ablative | Venezuela'dan |
| genitive | Venezuela'nın |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| benim (my) | Venezuela'm | Venezuelalarım Venezuela'larım |
| senin (your) | Venezuela'n | Venezuelaların Venezuela'ların |
| onun (his/her/its) | Venezuela'sı | Venezuelaları Venezuela'ları |
| bizim (our) | Venezuela'mız | Venezuelalarımız Venezuela'larımız |
| sizin (your) | Venezuela'nız | Venezuelalarınız Venezuela'larınız |
| onların (their) | Venezuela'sı Venezuelaları Venezuela'ları |
Venezuelaları Venezuela'ları |
Derived terms
See also
Western Huasteca Nahuatl
Proper noun
Venezuela
- Venezuela (a country in South America)