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

Related terms

• benção
• bendição
• bendito
• bendizer
• bento
• benzer

 

Adjective

benta

1. feminine singular of bento

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish venta.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbenta/ [ˈbɛn.tɐ]
• Rhymes: -enta
• Syllabification: ben‧ta

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

Further reading

• “benta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018