ventar

14th century. From vento (“wind”).

• IPA^(key): /benˈtaɾ/

ventar (first-person singular present vento, first-person singular preterite ventei, past participle ventado)

1. (intransitive, impersonal) to blow (the wind)
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 519:

     Tanto que fuy manãa, fezo o sol muy claro et muy bõo, et despois cõmeçou d'escureçer et de chouer et uentar muyto, et todos andauã mollados et anoiados

     As soon as it dawned it was sunny and clear, but then it darkened and it rained and the wind blew strongly, and everyone was wet and annoyed

   Synonyms: ventear, zafrear

2. (transitive) to sniff
   • c1840, Antonio María de la Iglesia (ed.), El idioma Gallego, su antigüedad y vida, A Coruña: Latorre y Martínez Edts., page 180:

     por eso andades pillando votos a bandadas como cando preada ventan os corvos; Por eso eres ti do banco donde se xuntan os votos pra trocar as papeletas e facer outros embrollos

     that's the reason behind you catching votes at large as when the crows sniff a carcass; because of this, you are of the bench where the ballots are reunited to change the papers and to do other wrongs

3. (transitive) to have a feeling; to find out; to suspect
   • c1295, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: IEOPF, page 873:

     Mays os mouros ouuerõ a uentar a caua que elles llj faziã

     But the Moors eventually discovered the mine that they were building [under the Moor's castle]

   Synonyms: barruntar, presentir, sospeitar

• “ventar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “uentar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “ventar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “ventar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “ventar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

ventar (present tense ventas, past tense ventis, future tense ventos, imperative ventez, conditional ventus)

1. to blow, to be windy

ventar

1. present tense of venta and vente

14th century. From vento (“wind”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvẽ.ˈta(ɾ)/
• Hyphenation: ven‧tar

ventar (first-person singular present indicative vento, past participle ventado)

1. (intransitive, impersonal, of wind) to blow

• vento
• ventania

From viento.

ventar (first-person singular present viento, first-person singular preterite venté, past participle ventado)

1. (intransitive) to blow
2. (transitive) to sniff, to scent

• Rule: e becomes an ie in stressed syllables.