ventear
Spanish
Etymology
From viento.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /benteˈaɾ/ [bẽn̪.t̪eˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ven‧te‧ar
Verb
ventear (first-person singular present venteo, first-person singular preterite venteé, past participle venteado)
- (impersonal) to blow (of the wind)
- to sniff the air (said of an animal)
- to air, air out (clothes)
- to sniff around, snoop
- (reflexive) to split
- (reflexive) to blister (get a blister)
- (reflexive) to dry out (e..g tobacco)
- (reflexive) to break wind
Conjugation
Conjugation of ventear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | ventear | ||||||
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gerund | venteando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | venteado | venteada | |||||
plural | venteados | venteadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | venteo | venteastú venteásvos | ventea | venteamos | venteáis | ventean | |
imperfect | venteaba | venteabas | venteaba | venteábamos | venteabais | venteaban | |
preterite | venteé | venteaste | venteó | venteamos | venteasteis | ventearon | |
future | ventearé | ventearás | venteará | ventearemos | ventearéis | ventearán | |
conditional | ventearía | ventearías | ventearía | ventearíamos | ventearíais | ventearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | ventee | venteestú venteésvos2 | ventee | venteemos | venteéis | venteen | |
imperfect (ra) | venteara | ventearas | venteara | venteáramos | ventearais | ventearan | |
imperfect (se) | ventease | venteases | ventease | venteásemos | venteaseis | venteasen | |
future1 | venteare | venteares | venteare | venteáremos | venteareis | ventearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | venteatú venteávos | ventee | venteemos | ventead | venteen | ||
negative | no ventees | no ventee | no venteemos | no venteéis | no venteen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of ventear
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive ventear | |||||||
dative | ventearme | ventearte | ventearle, ventearse | ventearnos | ventearos | ventearles, ventearse | |
accusative | ventearme | ventearte | ventearlo, ventearla, ventearse | ventearnos | ventearos | ventearlos, ventearlas, ventearse | |
with gerund venteando | |||||||
dative | venteándome | venteándote | venteándole, venteándose | venteándonos | venteándoos | venteándoles, venteándose | |
accusative | venteándome | venteándote | venteándolo, venteándola, venteándose | venteándonos | venteándoos | venteándolos, venteándolas, venteándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative ventea | |||||||
dative | ventéame | ventéate | ventéale | ventéanos | not used | ventéales | |
accusative | ventéame | ventéate | ventéalo, ventéala | ventéanos | not used | ventéalos, ventéalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative venteá | |||||||
dative | venteame | venteate | venteale | venteanos | not used | venteales | |
accusative | venteame | venteate | ventealo, venteala | venteanos | not used | ventealos, ventealas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative ventee | |||||||
dative | ventéeme | not used | ventéele, ventéese | ventéenos | not used | ventéeles | |
accusative | ventéeme | not used | ventéelo, ventéela, ventéese | ventéenos | not used | ventéelos, ventéelas | |
with first-person plural imperative venteemos | |||||||
dative | not used | venteémoste | venteémosle | venteémonos | venteémoos | venteémosles | |
accusative | not used | venteémoste | venteémoslo, venteémosla | venteémonos | venteémoos | venteémoslos, venteémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative ventead | |||||||
dative | venteadme | not used | venteadle | venteadnos | venteaos | venteadles | |
accusative | venteadme | not used | venteadlo, venteadla | venteadnos | venteaos | venteadlos, venteadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative venteen | |||||||
dative | ventéenme | not used | ventéenle | ventéennos | not used | ventéenles, ventéense | |
accusative | ventéenme | not used | ventéenlo, ventéenla | ventéennos | not used | ventéenlos, ventéenlas, ventéense |
Related terms
- ventosear
- viento
- ventar
Further reading
- “ventear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014