# ventura
## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* destiny, fate, chance
    Synonyms: destino, fato, sorte
** 1316–c. 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]‎, 2nd 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 venturaWhile I was together with Virgil, up the mountain that heals the souls, and [when] descending into the dead world, I was told grievous words of my future life; although I feel solid against the blows of chance
* (archaic) chance, coincidence, accident
    Synonym: caso
** 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]‎, 2nd 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 force, or what accident, led you astray so far from Campaldino, that your burial place was never known?
* 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
* feminine singular of venturo

### Further reading

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

## Latin
### Participle

ventūra
* inflection of ventūrus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

### Participle

ventūrā
* 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: /vɛnˈtuː.ra/

### Noun

ventura f (plural venturi)
* fortune, chance
    Alternative form: vintura (obsolete)

## Piedmontese
### Alternative forms

* ventüra

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

* (Brazil) IPA: /vẽˈtu.ɾɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /vẽˈtu.ɾɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /vẽˈtu.ɾa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vẽˈtu.ɾɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vẽˈtu.ɾɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /bẽˈtu.ɾɐ/
* Hyphenation: ven‧tu‧ra

### Noun

ventura f (plural venturas)
* fortune, chance, luck
    Synonyms: acaso, fortuna, sorte
    Synonym: desventura
* happiness
    Synonym: felicidade
* 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: /benˈtuɾa/ [bẽn̪ˈt̪u.ɾa]
* Rhymes: -uɾa
* Syllabification: ven‧tu‧ra

### Noun

ventura f (plural venturas)
* fortune, chance, luck
    Synonyms: fortuna, suerte

#### Derived terms

* a la buena ventura
* a la ventura
* por ventura

#### Related terms

* aventura
* buenaventura
* desventura
* malaventura
* venturoso

### Adjective

ventura f
* feminine singular of venturo

### Further reading

* “ventura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10