FromOld Norsevænta,vætta.
vente (imperativevent,infinitiveatvente,present tenseventer,past tenseventede,perfect tenseer/harventet)
- (intransitive)wait
- Vent på mig!
- Wait for me!
- (transitive)expect
- Hanventede mig tydeligvis.
- He clearlyexpected me.
vente
- (dated or formal)singularpresentsubjunctive ofventen
Fromvendita, the feminine ofLatinvēnditus(“sold”), past participle ofvēndō(“to sell”).
vente f (pluralventes)
- sale
- unevente de gâteaux ―bake sale
- mettre en vente ―to put up for sale
vente
- first-personsingularpresentindicative/subjunctive ofventer
vente
- inflection ofventar:
- first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
- third-personsingularimperative
Inherited fromOld Spanishveynte (with a shift in stress), fromLatinvīgintī, fromProto-Indo-European*h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti <*dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti.
vente (Hebrew spellingב׳ינטי)[1]
- twenty (20)
2006, Matilda Koén‐Sarano,Por el plazer de kontar[1],page129:La repuesta le agradó muncho a Aharon, ke me kontó ke tuvo una amiga de la edá de katorze anyos asta la edá devente anyos.- Aharon liked the response so much that he told me that he had a fourteen‐ totwenty‐year‐old friend.
- ^“vente”, inTrezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.
vente
- vocativesingular ofventus
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vente f (pluralventes)
- (Jersey, Guernsey)sale
FromOld Norsevænta, derived fromvon.
vente (indeclinable)
- that which is to come
Only used in the expressioni vente, see there.
vente (imperativevent,present tenseventer,passiveventes,simple past and past participleventaorventet,present participleventende)
- tostay put, towait, todelay
- stå og vente ―stand and wait
- vent og se! ―wait and see!
- vent litt! ―[just] wait a little [longer]!
- to beready
- middagen venter ―the dinner is ready
- expect (as likely)
- vi venter gjester ―we are expecting guests
- Du kan vente meg klokka sju ―You can expect me at seven o'clock
- Det var ikke annet å vente ―Nothing else could have been expected
- vente seg mye av oppholdet ―[to] expect much from the stay
- såpass må en kunne vente av et voksent menneske ―thus much must one expect from an adult person
- han hadde ikke ventet det svaret ―he hadn't expected that answer
vente
- that which is to come; only used in the expressioni vente, see there.
vente (present tenseventar,past tenseventa,past participleventa,passive infinitiveventast,present participleventande,imperativevente/vent)
- Alternative form ofventa
vente
- third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive ofventar
Fromvenir(“come”) +te(“to you, yourself”).
- IPA(key): /ˈbente/[ˈbẽn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes:-ente
- Syllabification:ven‧te
vente
- second-personsingularimperative ofvenir combined withte
