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 (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive benta benta bentak
ergative bentak bentak bentek
dative bentari bentari bentei
genitive bentaren bentaren benten
comitative bentarekin bentarekin bentekin
causative bentarengatik bentarengatik bentengatik
benefactive bentarentzat bentarentzat bententzat
instrumental bentaz bentaz bentez
inessive bentatan bentan bentetan
locative bentatako bentako bentetako
allative bentatara bentara bentetara
terminative bentataraino bentaraino bentetaraino
directive bentatarantz bentarantz bentetarantz
destinative bentatarako bentarako bentetarako
ablative bentatatik bentatik bentetatik
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

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbẽ.tɐ/

  • Rhymes: -ẽtɐ
  • Hyphenation: ben‧ta

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

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, Manila, 2018