ventolera

f.

1 gust of wind (viento).

2 wild idea (informal) (idea extravagante).

le ha dado la ventolera de hacerlo she has taken it into her head to do it

3 windiness, lot of wind.

4 boastfulness, arrogance.

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ventolera

► nombre femenino

1 (golpe) gust of wind

2 figurado caprice, whim

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FRASEOLOGÍA

darle a uno la ventolera de hacer algo to take it into one's head to do something

darle a uno la ventolera por to take a fancy to

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SF

1) (=ráfaga) gust of wind, blast

2) (=juguete) windmill

3) * (=capricho) whim, wild idea

le dio la ventolera de comprarlo — he had a sudden notion to buy it

4) (=vanidad) vanity, conceit; (=satisfacción) smugness; (=arrogancia) arrogance; (=jactancia) boastfulness

tiene mucha ventolera — she's terribly big-headed *

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femenino gust of wind

darle a alguien la ventolera — (fam)

le dio la ventolera de casarse — he suddenly decided that he ought to get married

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= blast.

Ex. Heavy rains and strong winds have lashed Victoria overnight and into the day in a wintry blast that has felled trees and damaged homes.

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femenino gust of wind

darle a alguien la ventolera — (fam)

le dio la ventolera de casarse — he suddenly decided that he ought to get married

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= blast.

Ex: Heavy rains and strong winds have lashed Victoria overnight and into the day in a wintry blast that has felled trees and damaged homes.

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ventolera

feminine

gust of wind

darle a algn la ventolera (fam): le dio la ventolera y se largó he just upped and left (colloq)

le dio la ventolera de casarse y se casó he suddenly decided that he ought to get married and that's just what he did

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ventolera sustantivo femenino
gust of wind
ventolera sustantivo femenino
1 gust of wind
2 familiar darle a alguien la ventolera, (decisión repentina, capricho) to suddenly take it into one's head: me dio la ventolera y me compré una moto antigua, the old motorbike was an impulse buy

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ventolera nf

1. [viento] gust of wind

2. Fam [idea extravagante] wild idea;

le ha dado la ventolera de hacerlo she has taken it into her head to do it;

como le dé la ventolera se irá when the mood takes him he'll up and go

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ventolera

f gust of wind;

le dio la ventolera de … fam he took it into his head to …