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ventilar

to ventilate

verb ben-tee-LAHR Rare

Origin: From Latin ventilare (to fan, winnow).

Also means

to air out

Usage Note

Ventilar means to air out a room or building, but colloquially it can also mean to air a grievance or make something public, as in ventilar los trapos sucios (to air one's dirty laundry). The reflexive ventilarse is also used informally to mean finishing something quickly.

Examples

"Hay que ventilar la habitación cada mañana."

Natural Translation

You need to ventilate the room every morning.

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