venturo
Italian
Etymology
From Latin ventūrus (“about to come”), future active participle of veniō (“to come, approach”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /venˈtu.ro/
- Rhymes: -uro
- Syllabification: ven‧tù‧ro
Adjective
venturo (feminine ventura, masculine plural venturi, feminine plural venture)
- (dated) next, coming
- 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXXII, page 568:
- Da questa parte onde 'l fiore è maturo ¶ di tutte le sue foglie, sono assisi ¶ quei che credettero in Cristo venturo;
- Upon this side, where perfect is the flower ¶ with each one of its petals, seated are ¶ those who believed in Christ who was to come;
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- forthcoming
Synonyms
Latin
Spanish
Further reading
- “venturo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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