viento

Definitions of viento
  1. noun
    the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride
    synonyms: ahuecamiento, confianza, endiosamiento, engreimiento, envanecimiento, fantasía, hinchazón, infatuación, tomatera, tomatero, ufanía, vanidad, ventolera
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    humildad
    a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride
    types:
    narcisismo
    an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself
    bravuconada, desgarro, jactancia, parada, triunfalismo, ufanía, valentía, vanagloria, ventolera
    outspoken conceit
    type of:
    rasgo
    a distinguishing feature of your personal nature
  2. noun
    the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
    synonyms: nariz, olfato
  3. noun
    feelings of excessive pride
    synonyms: ahuecamiento, confianza, endiosamiento, engreimiento, envanecimiento, fantasía, hinchazón, infatuación, tomatera, tomatero, ufanía, vanidad, ventolera
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    amor propio, orgullo
    a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
  4. noun
    a slight wind (usually refreshing)
    synonyms: brisa, céfiro
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    types:
    aura, hálito
    wind moving 8-12 knots; 3 on the Beaufort scale
  5. noun
    air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
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    brisa, céfiro
    a slight wind (usually refreshing)
    travesía, viento lateral
    wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft
    viento de proa
    wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft
    este, euro, levante, oriente, solano, viento del este
    a wind from the east
    viento del noroeste
    a wind from the northwest
    vendaval, ventarrón
    a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale
    racha, ráfaga, soplido, soplo
    a strong current of air
    aquilón, bóreas, cierzo, norte, tramontana
    a wind that blows from the north
    simún
    a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa
    austro, sur
    a wind from the south
    berrido, borrasca, bronca, chillido, chubasco, racha, ráfaga, turbión, turbonada
    sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation
    corriente térmica, térmica
    rising current of warm air
    corriente
    a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle)
    oeste, poniente
    wind that blows from west to east
    aura, hálito
    wind moving 8-12 knots; 3 on the Beaufort scale
    mistral
    a strong north wind that blows in France during the winter
    bocanada, soplo, vaharada
    a short light gust of air
    type of:
    condiciones metereológicas, elemento, tiempo
    the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
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