benta

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish venta, from Latin vēndita.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /benta/ [bẽn̪.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -enta, -a
  • Hyphenation: ben‧ta

Noun

benta inan

  1. roadside inn

Declension

Declension of benta (inan a-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive benta benta bentak bentok
ergative bentak bentak bentek bentok
dative bentari bentari bentei bentoi
genitive bentaren bentaren benten benton
comitative bentarekin bentarekin bentekin bentokin
causative bentarengatik bentarengatik bentengatik bentongatik
benefactive bentarentzat bentarentzat bententzat bentontzat
instrumental bentaz bentaz bentez bentotaz
innesive bentatan bentan bentetan bentotan
locative bentatako bentako bentetako bentotako
allative bentatara bentara bentetara bentotara
terminative bentataraino bentaraino bentetaraino bentotaraino
directive bentatarantz bentarantz bentetarantz bentotarantz
destinative bentatarako bentarako bentetarako bentotarako
ablative bentatatik bentatik bentetatik bentotatik
partitive bentarik
prolative bentatzat

Further reading

  • benta”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • benta”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese botar and Spanish botar and Kabuverdianu bota.

Verb

benta

  1. to throw

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

From bento (holy), from Old Galician-Portuguese bẽeyto, from Latin benedictus (blessed), perfect passive participle of benedicō (to bless), from bene (well) + dīco (to say).

Noun

benta f (plural bentas)

  1. female equivalent of bento
  2. (Portugal) a nasty looking boil or wart

Adjective

benta

  1. feminine singular of bento

Etymology 2

Betacism of venta.

Noun

benta f (plural bentas)

  1. misspelling of venta

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish venta.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbenta/ [ˈbɛn̪.t̪ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -enta
  • Syllabification: ben‧ta

Noun

benta (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ)

  1. (business) sale; act of selling
  2. (business) income from sales
  3. ready-made clothes

Derived terms

  • benta-benta
  • bentahan
  • binenta
  • bumenta
  • ibenta
  • ipabenta
  • ipagbenta
  • mabenta
  • magbenta
  • magkabenta
  • magpabenta
  • makabenta
  • makibenta
  • makipagbenta
  • makipagbentahan
  • nabenta
  • pagbenta
  • pagkabenta
  • pagkakabenta
  • pakibenta
  • pakibentahan
  • pakikipagbenta
  • palabenta
  • pambenta
  • pangbenta
  • tagabenta
  • tagapagbenta

Adjective

benta (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ)

  1. (colloquial) sold well (of a product)
  2. (colloquial) well-received (especially jokes)

Verb

benta (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ)

  1. immediate imperative mood of ibenta
  2. immediate imperative mood of magbenta

Further reading

  • benta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018