vento

Etymology

From Latin ventus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvento/

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• Hyphenation: ven‧to

Noun

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

1. (weather) wind

Etymology

From Old Portuguese vento, from Latin ventus.

Noun

vento m (plural ventos)

1. wind (movement of air)

Etymology

From Esperanto [Term?], from Latin ventus.

Noun

vento (plural venti)

1. (weather) wind

Etymology

From Latin ventus.

Noun

vento m

1. wind

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛn.to/, [ˈvɛn̪t̪o]

• Audio

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• Stress: vènto
• Hyphenation: ven‧to

Noun

vento m (plural venti)

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

Etymology 1

Frequentative of veniō (“I come”).

Etymology 2

See ventus

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
    

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvẽ.tu/
• Hyphenation: ven‧to

Noun

vento m (plural ventos)

1. wind (moving air)
2. (less common) air (gases of the atmosphere)
3. (figuratively) nothingness; nothing (the lack of something)

   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 just wind.