Palabra Lexi · common words in Spanish

How to say "window" in Spanish

"Window" in Spanish is ventana, pronounced behn-TAH-nah (stress on the syllable in capitals). It is a feminine noun (la ventana, plural las ventanas).

Pronunciation is spelled out in English, one syllable at a time, with the stressed syllable in capitals. The speaker button uses your browser's built-in Spanish voice. Gender and plural: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

How to pronounce ventana

Ventana is pronounced behn-TAH-nah, in IPA /benˈtana/. Ventana has three syllables, behn-TAH-nah, with the stress on the second. There is no written accent because the word follows the basic rule: words ending in a vowel, -n or -s are stressed on the second-to-last syllable.

• V is pronounced like b.

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Is ventana masculine or feminine?

Ventana is feminine, so it takes la (the) and una (a): la ventana. The plural is las ventanas. That fits the usual pattern: most nouns ending in -a are feminine.

Example sentences

Cierra la ventana
close the window

Miro por la ventana
I look through the window.

How to remember ventana

ventana [behn-TAH-nah] sounds like the English “vent Anna”. Picture this:

Anna opens the vent above the window and the curtains fly like two white flags.

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Word web: ventana

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