🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

ventilación

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ventilación

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Vent/vɛnt/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La ventilación adecuada es crucial para la salud del ambiente."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An opening that allows air, gas, or liquid to pass out of or into a confined space.

    "The room was stuffy, so she opened the vent to let in some fresh air."
As verb
  1. 1

    To provide a means of escape or release for something, especially emotions or thoughts.

    "He needed to vent his frustrations after a long day at work."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'vent' originates from the Latin 'ventus', meaning 'wind', which evolved through Old French 'vent' before entering Middle English. Over time, its meanings expanded from a simple opening for air to include various contexts of release and expression.

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