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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