ventura

• IPA^(key): /venˈtu.ra/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: ven‧tù‧ra

From Latin ventūra (“the things that will come”, i.e. “the future”), neuter plural form of ventūrus (“which will come”), future active participle of veniō (“to come, approach”).

ventura f (plural venture)

1. destiny, fate, chance

   Synonyms: destino, fato, sorte

   • early 14^th century, Dante, “Canto XVII”, in Paradiso, lines 19–24:

     mentre ch’io era a Virgilio congiunto
     su per lo monte che l’anime cura
     e discendendo nel mondo defunto,
     dette mi fuor di mia vita futura
     parole gravi, avvegna ch’io mi senta
     ben tetragono ai colpi di ventura

     While I was with Virgilius conjoined upon the mountain that the souls doth heal, and when descending into the dead world, were spoken to me of my future life some grievous words; although I feel myself in sooth foursquare against the blows of chance

2. (archaic) chance, coincidence, accident

   Synonym: caso

   • early 14^th century, Dante, “Canto V”, in Purgatorio, lines 91–93:

     E io a lui: «Qual forza o qual ventura
     ti travïò sì fuor di Campaldino,
     che non si seppe mai tua sepultura?».

     And I to him: "What violence or what chance led thee astray so far from Campaldino, that never has thy sepulture been known?"

3. fortune, chance, luck

   Synonyms: fortuna, sorte

   Antonym: sventura

• sventura
• venturiero
• venturoso

• venturo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ventura f sg

1. feminine singular of venturo

• ventura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

ventūra

1. inflection of ventūrus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

ventūrā

1. ablative feminine singular of ventūrus

• ventura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Borrowed from Italian ventura. Doublet of vintura, from Sicilian.

• IPA^(key): /vɛnˈtuː.ra/

ventura f (plural venturi)

1. fortune, chance

   Alternative form: vintura (obsolete)

• ventüra

• IPA^(key): /vɛŋˈtyra/

ventura f (plural venture)

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• vẽtura (obsolete, abbreviation)

From Old Portuguese ventura, from Latin ventūra.

• Hyphenation: ven‧tu‧ra

ventura f (plural venturas)

1. fortune, chance, luck

   Synonyms: acaso, fortuna, sorte

   Synonym: desventura

2. happiness

   Synonym: felicidade

3. venture

• à ventura
• por ventura
• porventura
• venturoso

From Latin ventūra (“the things that will come, i.e. the future”), neuter plural form of ventūrus (“which will come”), future active participle of veniō (“to come, approach”).

• IPA^(key): /benˈtuɾa/ [bẽn̪ˈt̪u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: ven‧tu‧ra

ventura f (plural venturas)

1. fortune, chance, luck

   Synonyms: fortuna, suerte

• desventura
• aventura
• buenaventura
• malaventura
• venturoso

ventura f

1. feminine singular of venturo

• “ventura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014