venta

See also: Venta, ventá, ventà, and ventã

English

Etymology

From Spanish venta.

Noun

venta (plural ventas)

1. A roadside inn in Spain.

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbenta/ [ˈbẽn̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -enta
• Syllabification: ven‧ta

Noun

venta f (plural ventes)

1. sale (exchange of goods or services for currency or credit)
2. inn

   Synonyms: posada, pensión

3. (specifically or historical) a lodge provided to pilgrims taking St James' way

Related terms

• vender (“to sell”)

Further reading

• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “venta”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “venta”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

Catalan

Verb

venta

1. inflection of ventar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Esperanto vento

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Italian -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -ader.

Esperanto -a

Esperanto venta

From vento + -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈventa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -enta
• Syllabification: ven‧ta

Adjective

venta (accusative singular ventan, plural ventaj, accusative plural ventajn)

1. windy

Further reading

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

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑ̃.ta/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Verb

venta

1. third-person singular past historic of venter

Anagrams

• Avent, navet, vante, vanté

Galician

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ventãa, from Vulgar Latin *ventana, derived from Latin ventus. Compare Portuguese ventã, Spanish ventana. Doublet of ventá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbenta/ [ˈben̪.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -enta
• Hyphenation: ven‧ta

Noun

venta f (plural ventas)

1. nostril, especially of livestock

   Synonyms: narno, ventá

   • 1822, anonymous author, A Parola Polêteca:

     Xâ me bas inchando as bentas. Fariña e[u] nome enfado, senon que digo as verdades

     You are swelling my nostrils. Fariña, I don't get mad, instead, I tell the truths

   • 1891, José Barral Campos, O amigo de S. Pedro:

     Dimpois de comer dúas cuncas de caldo, deitouse na cama, sacou da faltrica do chaleque dous cigarros e unha navalla e liando un pito, púxose a fumegar polas ventas das narices, o mesmo có tren.

     After eating two bowls of broth he lay down on the bed; he took two cigars and a pocket knife from the vest's pocket and, rolling a cigarette, began to throw smoke by the nostrils, not unlike a train.

Derived terms

• aventar

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “venta”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “venta”, 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), “venta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “venta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

venta

1. inflection of ventar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish venda. Akin to Votic ventõ.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋentɑ/, [ˈʋe̞nt]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋentɑ/, [ˈʋe̞nd̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ent, -entɑ
• Hyphenation: ven‧ta

Noun

venta

1. (nautical) tack (turn during sailing)

Declension

Declension of venta (type 3/kana, nt-nn gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	venta	vennat
genitive	vennan	ventoin
partitive	ventaa	ventoja
illative	ventaa	ventoi
inessive	vennaas	vennois
elative	vennast	vennoist
allative	vennalle	vennoille
adessive	vennaal	vennoil
ablative	vennalt	vennoilt
translative	vennaks	vennoiks
essive	ventanna, ventaan	ventoinna, ventoin
exessive1)	ventant	ventoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 653

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• ventet

Verb

venta

1. past indicative of vente
2. past participle of vente

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• vente

Etymology

From Old Norse vænta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɛntɑ/
• (Trøndelag) IPA^(key): /ʋɛɲc/

Verb

venta (present tense ventar, past tense venta, past participle venta, passive infinitive ventast, present participle ventande, imperative venta/vent)

1. wait

   Lat oss venta eit par sekund til.

   Let's wait a couple of seconds more.

2. expect

   Kva ventar du å få ut av dette?

   What do you expect to get out of this?

References

• “venta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvẽ.tɐ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvẽ.tɐ/

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

• Rhymes: -ẽtɐ
• Homophone: (Northern Portugal) benta
• Hyphenation: ven‧ta

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ventãa, from Latin *ventāna, from Latin ventus (“wind”). Cognate with Galician ventá and Spanish ventana. Doublet of ventã and ventana.

Alternative forms

• benta (Northern Portugal, misspelling)

Noun

venta f (plural ventas)

1. nostril, especially of livestock

   Synonym: narina

2. (in the plural, colloquial) snout

   Synonym: focinho

3. (in the plural, colloquial) nose

   Synonym: nariz

4. (in the plural, colloquial, often derogatory) face

   Synonyms: cara (non-derogatory), focinho, fronha, tromba

5. (in the plural, informal, figurative) presence

Derived terms

• andar de ventas
• levar nas ventas
• ter pelo na venta

Related terms

• ventã
• ventana
• vento

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

venta

1. third-person singular present indicative of ventar

Further reading

• “venta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “venta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “venta”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “venta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ventas”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vēndita, feminine of the perfect passive participle of the verb vēndō (“to sell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbenta/ [ˈbẽn̪.t̪a]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -enta
• Syllabification: ven‧ta

Noun

venta f (plural ventas)

1. sale

   Pone a la venta por 100.000 dólares su casa.

   He's putting his house up for sale for 100,000 dollars.

   Ya está en venta.

   It's already up for sale.

   Estaba de venta online.

   It was on sale online.

   • 2017 May 27, Matt Egan, “Trump quiere perforar petróleo en el frágil refugio de vida salvaje de Alaska”, in CNN en Español‎^[1], archived from the original on 16 November 2025:

     La propuesta de presupuesto de la Casa Blanca hace énfasis en que se recauden casi 2.000 millones de dólares en ingresos durante la próxima década mediante la venta de arrendamientos de petróleo y gas en una rica sección sección rica en petróleo del Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre del Ártico (ANWR, por sus siglas en inglés).

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2. sales (all goods sold in a given time period)
3. roadside inn in Spain

Derived terms

• autoventa
• carta de venta
• en venta
• impuesto a la venta de los bienes y servicios
• posventa
• ser una venta
• televenta
• venta al por mayor
• venta al por menor
• ventero

Related terms

• vender

Further reading

• “venta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026