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viento

wind

noun BYEN-toh Less Common
Animals & Nature Weather

Origin: From Latin ventus (wind).

Usage Note

Viento is the standard word for wind in all registers. The idiom hacer viento (literally 'to make wind') means 'it is windy': hace mucho viento hoy. The expression viento en popa (wind astern) means things are going smoothly. Instrumento de viento is a 'wind instrument'.

Examples

"Hace mucho viento y las hojas vuelan por todas partes."

Natural Translation

It is very windy and leaves are flying everywhere.

Literal Translation

There-is much wind and the leaves fly everywhere.

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