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 (“to come, approach”).

Noun

ventura f (plural venture)

1. destiny, fate, chance

   Synonyms: destino, fato, sorte

   • c. 1316–1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XVII”, in Paradiso [Heaven]‎, lines 19–24; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     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

   • early-mid 1310s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto V”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory]‎, lines 91–93; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     E io a lui: «Qual forza o qual ventura
     ti travïò sì fuor di Campaldino,
     che non si seppe mai tua sepultura?».

     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 f sg

1. feminine singular of venturo

Further reading

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

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)

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ventura. Doublet of vintura, from Sicilian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛnˈtuː.ra/

Noun

ventura f (plural venturi)

1. fortune, chance

   Alternative form: vintura (obsolete)

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 Galician-Portuguese ventura, from Latin ventūra.

Pronunciation

• 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

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/
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: ven‧tu‧ra

Noun

ventura f (plural venturas)

1. fortune, chance, luck

   Synonyms: fortuna, suerte

Derived terms

Related terms

Adjective

ventura f

1. feminine singular of venturo

Further reading

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