# ventana
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ventāna, derived from Latin ventus (“wind”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /benˈtana/ [bẽn̪ˈt̪a.na]
* Rhymes: -ana
* Syllabification: ven‧ta‧na

### Noun

ventana f (plural ventanes)
* window

## Chavacano
### Alternative forms

* vintana, bintana (Caviteño, Ternateño)

### Etymology

Inherited from Spanish ventana.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /benˈtana/, [bẽn̪ˈt̪a.na]
* IPA: /binˈtanaʔ/, [bĩn̪ˈt̪a.naʔ] m
* IPA: /binˈtana/, [bĩn̪ˈt̪a.na]
* Rhymes: -ana
* Hyphenation: ven‧ta‧na

### Noun

ventana (plural ventanas)
* window

#### Related terms

* ventanilla
* viento

## Chibcha
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ventana.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /βentana/

### Noun

ventana
* Alternative form of bentana

### References

* Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

## Classical Nahuatl
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ventana.

### Noun

ventana
* window

## Ladino
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ventāna, derived from Latin ventus (“wind”).

### Noun

ventana f
* window

## Leonese
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ventāna, derived from Latin ventus (“wind”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /benˈtana/, [bẽn̪ˈt̪a.na]
* Rhymes: -ana
* Hyphenation: ven‧ta‧na

### Noun

ventana f (plural ventanas)
* window

### References

* ventana at the Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano.
* ventana at the Pallabeiru Llïonés.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ventana, from Latin ventus. Doublet of ventã (“windown”) and venta (“nostril”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /vẽˈtɐ̃.nɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /vẽˈtɐ̃.nɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /vẽˈtɐ.na/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vẽˈtɐ.nɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vẽˈtɐ.nɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /bẽˈta.nɐ/
* Rhymes: (Portugal, Southern Brazil) -ɐnɐ, (most of Brazil) -ɐ̃nɐ, (Northern Portugal) -anɐ
* Hyphenation: ven‧ta‧na

### Noun

ventana f (plural ventanas)
* (archaic) window
    Synonym: janela
* handheld fan
    Synonym: leque
* snooker pocket
    Synonym: ventanilha

### Noun

ventana m (plural ventanas)
* (Brazil) troublemaker
    Synonyms: desordeiro, mau, turbulento.

### Adjective

ventana m or f (plural ventanas)
* (Brazil) troublemaker
    Synonyms: desordeiro, mau, turbulento.

### References

* “ventana”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ventana”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Sardinian
### Alternative forms

* fentana

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ventana.

### Noun

ventana f
* window

### References

* Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “ventána”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ventāna, derived from Latin ventus (“wind”). Compare Portuguese ventã and Galician ventá.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /benˈtana/ [bẽn̪ˈt̪a.na]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ana
* Syllabification: ven‧ta‧na

### Noun

ventana f (plural ventanas)
* window (opening for light and air)
    Synonyms: fenestra, finiestra, hiniestra (all archaic)
* window frame
* (computing) window (area on a computer screen)
* small gap or opening; forest clearing
* nostril
    Synonym: narina

#### Derived terms

* echar la casa por la ventana
* el verbo echar echa la hache por la ventana
* Sierra de la Ventana
* tirar la casa por la ventana
* ventana emergente
* ventanilla
* ventanita

#### Descendants

* Chavacano: ventana
* Chibcha: ventana
* Papiamentu: bentana
* → Bikol Central: bentana
* → Cebuano: bintana, bentana
* → Classical Nahuatl: ventana
* → Guaraní: ovetã
* → Hiligaynon: bintana
* → Portuguese: ventana
* → Sardinian: ventana, fentana
* → Tagalog: bintana

### Further reading

* “ventana”, 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