ventoinha

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Portuguese

Etymology

From vento (“wind”) +‎ -inha. The Cape Verdean sense is in reference to the party's iconography, which depicts a fan.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /vẽˈtwi.ɲɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bẽˈtwi.ɲɐ/

Hyphenation: ven‧to‧i‧nha

Noun

ventoinha m or f by sense (plural ventoinhas)

(feminine only) fan (electrical device used to cool people or machinery)
(feminine only) weather vane (a device showing the direction of the wind)
(Cape Verde, politics) a member of the Movement for Democracy