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Meaning of venta | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
ˈbenta

Definitions

  1. nostril, especially of livestock
  2. window
  3. nostril

Equivalents

English Nostril window

Examples

“Xâ me bas inchando as bentas. Fariña e[u] nome enfado, senon que digo as verdades”

You are swelling my nostrils. Fariña, I don't get mad, instead, I tell the truths

“Dimpois de comer dúas cuncas de caldo, deitouse na cama, sacou da faltrica do chaleque dous cigarros e unha navalla e liando un pito, púxose a fumegar polas ventas das narices, o mesmo có tren.”

After eating two bowls of broth he lay down on the bed; he took two cigars and a pocket knife from the vest's pocket and, rolling a cigarette, began to throw smoke by the nostrils, not unlike a train.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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