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ventilar

Spanish, verb/bentiˈlaɾ/

ventilar is spelled V-E-N-T-I-L-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 38,543rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ventilar is a Spanish verb meaning “to ventilate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer correr o penetrar el aire en algún sitio”.

What does ventilar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to ventilate

  2. 2

    to vent

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Hacer correr o penetrar el aire en algún sitio. 2. Agitar una cosa en el aire. 3. Exponer una cosa al viento. 4. Renovar el aire de un aposento o pieza cerrada.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of ventilar

  • ventilo first-person present singular
  • ventilé first-person preterite singular
  • ventilado participle past
  • ventilando gerund
  • ventilada feminine participle past
  • ventilados masculine participle past
  • ventiladas feminine participle past
  • ventilas indicative informal present
  • ventilás indicative informal present
  • ventila indicative present singular
  • ventilamos first-person indicative plural
  • ventiláis indicative plural present
  • ventilan indicative plural present
  • ventilaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • ventilabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • ventilábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • ventilabais imperfect indicative plural
  • ventilaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce ventilar?

  • /bentiˈlaɾ/
  • [bẽn̪.t̪iˈlaɾ]
  • [bẽn̪t̪iˈlaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to ventilar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is ventilar in Spanish?

ventilar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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