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Verb
vento
first-person singular present indicative of ventar
Esperanto
Etymology
From French vent and Italian vento , both from Latin ventus .
Pronunciation
Noun
vento (accusative singular venton , plural ventoj , accusative plural ventojn )
( weather ) wind
La vento forte blovis tra la arbaro hieraŭ. The wind blew strongly through the forest yesterday.
Derived terms
Galician
Vento ("wind")
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈbento/
IPA (key ) : ( dialectal ) /ˈbɛnto/
Hyphenation: ven‧to
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese vento , from Latin ventus .
Noun
vento m (plural ventos )
wind ( movement of air )
Derived terms
References
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , 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 Luís Santamarina Fernández , Ernesto Xosé 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
first-person singular present indicative of ventar
Ido
Etymology
From Esperanto vento , from Latin ventus .
Noun
vento (plural venti )
( weather ) wind
Istriot
Etymology
From Latin ventus .
Noun
vento m
wind
Italian
Etymology
From Latin ventus ( “ wind ” ) , from Proto-Italic *wentos , ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts , from *h₂weh₁- ( “ to blow ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
vento m (plural venti )
wind ( movement of air caused by differences in atmospheric pressure )
See also
Latin
Etymology 1
Frequentative of veniō ( “ I come ” ) .
Pronunciation
Verb
ventō (present infinitive ventāre ) ; first conjugation , no passive , no perfect or supine stems
( intransitive ) to be wont to come , come often, keep coming, resort
Conjugation
Synonyms
Etymology 2
See ventus
Pronunciation
Noun
ventō m
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 , London: Macmillan and Co. (ambiguous) to run before the wind: vento se dare
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin ventus .
Pronunciation
Noun
vento m (plural ventos )
wind
Descendants
Fala: ventu
Galician: vento
Portuguese: vento (see there for further descendants )
Further reading
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006 –2018 ) “vento ”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Manuel Ferreiro (2014 –2025 ) “vento ”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña , →ISSN
Ernesto Xosé González Seoane , María Álvarez de la Granja , Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006 –2022 ) “vento ”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Portuguese
Pronunciation
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 )
wind ( moving air )
( less common ) air ( gases of the atmosphere )
Synonym: ar
( 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
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
vento
first-person singular present indicative of ventar
Further reading
Venetan
Etymology
From Latin ventus , from Proto-Italic *wentos , from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts ( “ blowing ” ) , present participle of *h₂weh₁- ( “ to blow ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
vento m (plural venti )
wind
References