ventana

f.

1 window.

echar o tirar algo por la ventana (figurative) to let something go to waste

ventana de socorro emergency exit (window)

2 nostril.

3 window (computing).

ventana activa active window

ventana de diálogo dialog o dialogue box (British)

4 fenestra.

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ventana

► nombre femenino

1 ARQUITECTURA window

2 (de la nariz) nostril

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FRASEOLOGÍA

tirar algo por la ventana figurado to waste something

ventana de guillotina sash window

ventana vidriera picture window

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noun f.

window

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SF

1) (Constr) window

doble ventana — double-glazed window

tirar algo por la ventana — (lit) to throw sth out of the window; (fig) to throw sth away, fail to make any use of sth

ventana aislante — double-glazed window

ventana de guillotina — sash window

ventana salediza — bay window

ventana vidriera — picture window

ventanas dobles — double glazing [sing]

2) [de nariz] nostril

3) (Inform) window

ventana emergente — (Inform) pop-up (window)

4) (And) (=claro de bosque) forest clearing, glade

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femenino

1)

a) (Arquit, Const) window

tirar algo por la ventana — (literal) to throw something out of the window; (desperdiciar) to throw something away

b) (Inf) window

- ventana de guillotina

- ventana de socorro

2) (de la nariz) nostril

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= window.

Ex. In the Search Section window, we start by entering the cited author's name.

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* abrir una ventana = switch on + window.

* bajar la ventana = wind down + window.

* basado en ventanas = window-based.

* cerrar una ventana = switch off + window.

* marco de la ventana = window frame.

* marco de ventana = window frame.

* repisa de la ventana = window-sill, window ledge.

* sin ventana(s) = windowless.

* tirar el dinero por la ventana = be money and effort down the drain, throw + Posesivo + money down the drain, be money down the drain.

* tirar la casa por la ventana = lash out (on), go to + town on.

* ventana al mundo = window on/to the world.

* ventana con acristalamiento doble = double-glazed window.

* ventana de búsqueda = search box.

* ventana de guillotina = sash-window.

* ventana de selección = dialogue box.

* ventana desplegable = pop up window.

* ventana de un portal = portlet.

* ventana emergente = pop up window.

* ventana en saliente = bay, bay window.

* ventana mirador = bay window, bay.

* Ventanas, Iconos, Ratones y Punteros (WIMP) = WIMP (Windows, Icons, Mice, and Pointers).

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femenino

1)

a) (Arquit, Const) window

tirar algo por la ventana — (literal) to throw something out of the window; (desperdiciar) to throw something away

b) (Inf) window

- ventana de guillotina

- ventana de socorro

2) (de la nariz) nostril

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= window.

Ex: In the Search Section window, we start by entering the cited author's name.

* abrir una ventana = switch on + window.

* bajar la ventana = wind down + window.

* basado en ventanas = window-based.

* cerrar una ventana = switch off + window.

* marco de la ventana = window frame.

* marco de ventana = window frame.

* repisa de la ventana = window-sill, window ledge.

* sin ventana(s) = windowless.

* tirar el dinero por la ventana = be money and effort down the drain, throw + Posesivo + money down the drain, be money down the drain.

* tirar la casa por la ventana = lash out (on), go to + town on.

* ventana al mundo = window on/to the world.

* ventana con acristalamiento doble = double-glazed window.

* ventana de búsqueda = search box.

* ventana de guillotina = sash-window.

* ventana de selección = dialogue box.

* ventana desplegable = pop up window.

* ventana de un portal = portlet.

* ventana emergente = pop up window.

* ventana en saliente = bay, bay window.

* ventana mirador = bay window, bay.

* Ventanas, Iconos, Ratones y Punteros (WIMP) = WIMP (Windows, Icons, Mice, and Pointers).

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ventana

feminine

A (Arquit, Const) window

las ventanas dan al patio/a la calle the windows look out onto the courtyard/the street

asomarse a la ventana to lean out (of) the window

arrojar or echar or tirar algo por la ventana (literal) to throw sth out of the window; (desperdiciar) to throw away sth, squander sth; (malograr) to ruin sth, spoil sth

casa

Compuestos:

● ventana de guillotina

sash window

● ventana de socorro

emergency exit

● ventana emergente

(Inf) pop-up (window)

● ventana flotante

(Inf) floating window

● ventana frailera

shuttered window

B (de la nariz) nostril

C (Inf) window

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ventana sustantivo femenino
1 (Arquit, Const, Inf) window;

◊ ventana emergente pop-up

2 (de la nariz) nostril
ventana sustantivo femenino
1 window
2 Inform window
3 Anat (de la nariz) nostril
'ventana' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abierta
- abierto
- abrir
- antepecho
- asomarse
- barandilla
- bocanada
- caber
- cadavérica
- cadavérico
- caer
- carril
- casa
- cegar
- cerrarse
- clavada
- clavado
- corredera
- corredero
- cristal
- descolgarse
- desde
- ensordecer
- entornar
- entornada
- entornado
- entrar
- entreabierta
- entreabierto
- gaita
- golpear
- golpetazo
- guardia
- hoja
- importar
- jardinera
- peligro
- por
- postigo
- refilón
- reja
- rendija
- reventar
- sacar
- salir
- sol
- tambalearse
- tranca
- travesaño
- alféizar
English:
bay window
- cricket
- dormer window
- double glazing
- frame
- frightful
- frost
- glass
- glaze
- gunshot
- hog
- lash out
- lean out
- lock
- nostril
- out
- out of
- overlook
- pull
- put
- rattle
- sash
- sash window
- shall
- slam to
- splash out
- thrust
- town
- wind down
- window
- window frame
- windowpane
- bay
- billow
- carry
- double
- French
- get
- lean
- leave
- ledge
- look
- mind
- no
- own
- pop-up
- stream

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ventana nf

1. [en casa] window;

Comp

echar o [m5]tirar algo por la ventana to let sth go to waste, to throw sth away;

estás tirando por la ventana muchos años de investigación you're throwing away many years of research

Comp

ventana de guillotina sash window;

ventana de socorro emergency exit (window)

2. Informát window

Comp

ventana activa active window;

ventana de diálogo dialog o Br dialogue box o window

3. [de nariz] ventana de la nariz nostril

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ventana

f

1 window;

echar o

tirar por la ventana throw out of the window; fig throw away

2 de la nariz nostril

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ventana nf

1) : window (of a building)

2)

ventana de la nariz : nostril

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ventana n window