benta

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
  • Hyphenation: ben‧ta
  • IPA(key): /ˈbenta/, [ˈbɛn.tɐ]

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

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