venturo

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ventūrus (“about to come”), future active participle of veniō (“to come, approach”).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

venturo (feminine ventura, masculine plural venturi, feminine plural venture)

1. (dated) next, coming
   • 1316–c. 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXII”, in Paradiso [Heaven], lines 22–24; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Da questa parte onde ’l fiore è maturo
     di tutte le sue foglie, sono assisi
     quei che credettero in Cristo venturo

     On this side, where the flower is perfect with each of its petals, sit those who believed in Christ to come

2. forthcoming

Synonyms

• prossimo

Latin

Participle

ventūrō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ventūrus

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin venturus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /benˈtuɾo/ [bẽn̪ˈt̪u.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -uɾo
• Syllabification: ven‧tu‧ro

Adjective

venturo (feminine ventura, masculine plural venturos, feminine plural venturas)

1. forthcoming; upcoming

   Synonym: próximo

Further reading

• “venturo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024