# aventura
## Catalan
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *adventūra, from Late Latin adventurus, from Latin adventus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ə.βənˈtu.ɾə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ə.vənˈtu.ɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.venˈtu.ɾa]

### Noun

aventura f (plural aventures)
* adventure
* love affair

## French
### Verb

aventura
* third-person singular past historic of aventurer

## Galician
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese aventura, from Vulgar Latin *adventūra, from Late Latin adventūrus, from Latin advenīre, adventum (“to arrive”), which in the Romance languages took the sense of "to happen, befall".

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [aβenˈtuɾɐ]

#### Noun

aventura f (plural aventuras)
* adventure
* affair

##### Related terms

* aventurado
* aventurar
* aventureiro
* aventuroso
* benaventurado
* benaventuranza
* ventura
* ventureiro

#### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “aventura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “aventura”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aventura”, 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), “aventura”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

aventura
* inflection of aventurar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.vẽˈtu.ɾɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.vẽˈtu.ɾɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.vẽˈtu.ɾa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.vẽˈtu.ɾɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.vẽˈtu.ɾɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.bẽˈtu.ɾɐ/ [ɐ.βẽˈtu.ɾɐ]
* Homophone: à ventura (Brazil)
* Hyphenation: a‧ven‧tu‧ra

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese aventura, from Vulgar Latin *adventūra, from Late Latin adventūrus, from Latin advenīre, adventum (“to arrive”), which in the Romance languages took the sense of "to happen, befall" (see also advir).

#### Noun

aventura f (plural aventuras)
* adventure (that which happens without design)

##### Related terms

* aventurado
* aventurar
* aventureiro
* aventuroso

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

aventura
* inflection of aventurar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French aventurer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.ven.tuˈra/

### Verb

a aventura (third-person singular present aventurează, past participle aventurat) 1st conjugation
* (reflexive) To take a risky or dangerous action
* (reflexive) to venture

#### Conjugation
### References

* aventura in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /abenˈtuɾa/ [a.β̞ẽn̪ˈt̪u.ɾa]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -uɾa
* Syllabification: a‧ven‧tu‧ra

### Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *adventura, from Late Latin adventurus, from Latin advenire, adventum (“to arrive”). Cognate with English adventure.

#### Noun

aventura f (plural aventuras)
* adventure
* affair, fling (an adulterous relationship)
    aventura de una noche ― one-night stand
    Synonyms: devaneo, rollo

##### Derived terms

* aventurar
* aventurero
* aventurilla
* deporte de aventura
* novela de aventuras (“adventure novel; adventure genre (by extension)”)

##### Related terms

* avenir

##### Descendants

* → Basque: abentura
* → Cebuano: abentura
* → Tagalog: abentura

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

aventura
* inflection of aventurar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “aventura”, 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