Venezuela

English

Etymology

From Spanish Venezuela, from Italian Veneziola, diminutive of Venezia (“Venice”), after the stilt houses reminiscent of Venetian architecture.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˌvɛn.ɪˈzweɪ.lə/, /ˌvɛn.ɛzˈweɪ.lə/, /ˌvɛn.əˈzweɪ.lə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪlə

Proper noun

Venezuela

2. A country in South America. Official name: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Capital and largest city: Caracas.

Derived terms

• Venezuelan

Translations

country

• Abkhaz: Венесуела (Veneswela)
• Adyghe: Венесуэлэ (Venesɛlɛ)
• Afrikaans: Venezuela
• Albanian: Venezuelë f (indefinite), Venezuela (sq) f (definite)
• Amharic: ቬኔዝዌላ (venezwela)
• Arabic: فِنْزُوِيلَا f (fenzuwēlā)

  Hijazi Arabic: فنزويلا f (finizwēla)

• Armenian: Վենեսուելա (Venesuela)
• Asturian: Venezuela (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Venesuela (az)
• Basque: Venezuela (eu)
• Belarusian: Венесуэ́ла f (Vjenjesuéla), Вэнэсуэ́ла f (Venesuéla) (Taraškievica)
• Bengali: ভেনেজুয়েলা (bn) (bhenejuẏela)
• Breton: Venezuela
• Bulgarian: Венецуе́ла (bg) f (Venecuéla)
• Burmese: ဗင်နီဇွဲလား (bangnijwai:la:)
• Catalan: Veneçuela (ca) f
• Cherokee: ᏪᏁᏑᏪᎳ (wenesuwela)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 委內瑞拉 / 委内瑞拉 (wai² noi⁶ seoi⁶ laai¹)

  Mandarin: 委內瑞拉 / 委内瑞拉 (zh) (Wěinèiruìlā)

• Corsican: Venezuela m
• Czech: Venezuela (cs) f
• Danish: Venezuela (da) n
• Dhivehi: ވެނެޒުއޭލާ (venezuēlā)
• Dutch: Venezuela (nl) n
• Esperanto: Venezuelo (eo)
• Estonian: Venezuela (et)
• Faroese: Venesuela n
• Finnish: Venezuela (fi)
• French: Venezuela (fr) m, Vénézuéla (fr) m
• Galician: Venezuela (gl) f
• Georgian: ვენესუელა (ka) (venesuela)
• German: Venezuela (de) n
• Greek: Βενεζουέλα (el) f (Venezouéla)
• Hebrew: וֶנֶצוּאֶלָה (he) f (venetsuéla)
• Hindi: वेनेज़ुएला (hi) m (venezuelā)
• Icelandic: Venesúela (is) f
• Indonesian: Venezuela (id)
• Interlingua: Venezuela
• Irish: Veiniséala f
• Italian: Venezuela (it) m
• Japanese: ベネズエラ (ja) (Benezuera), ベネスエラ (Benesuera), ヴェネズエラ (Venezuera)
• Kazakh: Венесуэла (kk) (Venesuéla)
• Khmer: វេណេហ្ស៊ុយអេឡា (veineezuyʼeelaa)
• Korean: 베네수엘라 (ko) (Benesuella)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Venezuela (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Венесуэла (Venesuela)
• Lao: ເວເນຊູເອລາ (wē nē sū ʼē lā), ເວເນຊຸເອລາ (wē nē su ʼē lā)
• Latin: Venetiola f
• Latvian: Venecuēla (lv)
• Lithuanian: Venesuela (lt) f
• Macedonian: Венецуе́ла (mk) f (Venecuéla)
• Malay: Venezuela
• Maltese: il-Venezwela f
• Manx: Venesuela f
• Maori: Wenehūera
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Венесуэл (Venesuel)

• Navajo: Táłkááʼ Bighan Dineʼé bikéyah
• Norman: Venezuela m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Venezuela n

  Nynorsk: Venezuela (nn) n

• Occitan: Veneçuèla (oc) f
• Pashto: ونزوېلا f (wenezuelā)
• Persian:

  Dari: وِنِزْویلَا (winizwēlā)

  Iranian Persian: وِنِزوئِلا (venezu'elâ)

• Polish: Wenezuela (pl) f
• Portuguese: Venezuela (pt) f
• Romanian: Venezuela (ro) f
• Russian: Венесуэ́ла (ru) f (Venesuéla)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Венезуела f, Венецуела f

  Roman: Venezuela (sh) f, Venecuela f

• Sinhalese: වෙනිසියුලාව (wenisiyulāwa)
• Slovak: Venezuela f
• Slovene: Venezuela (sl) f
• Spanish: Venezuela (es) f
• Swahili: Venezuela (sw)
• Swedish: Venezuela (sv) n
• Tagalog: Beneswela (tl), Benesuwela
• Tajik: Венесуэла (Vyenesuela)
• Tatar: Венесуэла (Wenesu'la)
• Thai: เวเนซุเอลา (th) (wee-nee-sú-ee-lâa)
• Tibetan: ཝེ་ནེ་ཟུའེ་ལ (we ne zu'e la)
• Tigrinya: ቬኔዝዌላ (venezwela)
• Turkish: Venezuela (tr)
• Turkmen: Wenesuela
• Ukrainian: Венесуе́ла (uk) f (Venesuéla)
• Urdu: وینِیزْویلا m (venīzvelā), وینِزْویلا m (venizvelā)
• Uyghur: ۋېنېسۇئېلا (wënësu'ëla)
• Uzbek: Venesuela (uz)
• Vietnamese: Vê-nê-du-ê-la
• Welsh: Feneswela (cy)
• West Frisian: Fenezuëla
• Yiddish: ווענעזועלע f (venezuele)
• Yoruba: Fẹnẹṣuẹla

See also

• (countries of South America) country of South America; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

Albanian

Proper noun

Venezuela

1. definite nominative singular of Venezuelë

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beneˈθwela/, [be.neˈθwe.la]

Proper noun

Venezuela f

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Related terms

• venezolanu

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Venezuela

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Central Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Venezuela.

Proper noun

Venezuela

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛnɛzuɛla]

Proper noun

Venezuela f (related adjective venezuelský, demonym Venezuelan or Venezuelec)

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Declension

Declension of Venezuela (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Venezuela
genitive	Venezuely
dative	Venezuele
accusative	Venezuelu
vocative	Venezuelo
locative	Venezuele
instrumental	Venezuelou

Further reading

• “Venezuela”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Venezuela”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Venezuela”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

Proper noun

Venezuela

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Venezuela, from Italian Veneziola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌveː.nə.zyˈeː.laː/, /ˌveː.neː.zyˈeː.laː/

• Audio (Netherlands):

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• Hyphenation: Ve‧ne‧zu‧e‧la
• Rhymes: -eːlaː

Proper noun

Venezuela n

1. Venezuela (a country in South America) [from 19th c.]
2. (historical) Venezuela (South American province of the Spanish Empire) [from 18th c.]

Derived terms

• Venezuelaan

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish Venezuela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋenetsuelɑ/, [ˈʋe̞ne̞tˌs̠ue̞lɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -uelɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): Ve‧ne‧zue‧la

Proper noun

Venezuela

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Declension

Inflection of Venezuela (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Venezuela	—
genitive		Venezuelan	—
partitive		Venezuelaa	—
illative		Venezuelaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Venezuela	—
accusative	nom.	Venezuela	—
	gen.	Venezuelan
genitive		Venezuelan	—
partitive		Venezuelaa	—
inessive		Venezuelassa	—
elative		Venezuelasta	—
illative		Venezuelaan	—
adessive		Venezuelalla	—
ablative		Venezuelalta	—
allative		Venezuelalle	—
essive		Venezuelana	—
translative		Venezuelaksi	—
abessive		Venezuelatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Venezuela (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Venezuelani — accusative nom. Venezuelani — gen. Venezuelani genitive Venezuelani — partitive Venezuelaani — inessive Venezuelassani — elative Venezuelastani — illative Venezuelaani — adessive Venezuelallani — ablative Venezuelaltani — allative Venezuelalleni — essive Venezuelanani — translative Venezuelakseni — abessive Venezuelattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Venezuelasi — accusative nom. Venezuelasi — gen. Venezuelasi genitive Venezuelasi — partitive Venezuelaasi — inessive Venezuelassasi — elative Venezuelastasi — illative Venezuelaasi — adessive Venezuelallasi — ablative Venezuelaltasi — allative Venezuelallesi — essive Venezuelanasi — translative Venezuelaksesi — abessive Venezuelattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Venezuelamme — accusative nom. Venezuelamme — gen. Venezuelamme genitive Venezuelamme — partitive Venezuelaamme — inessive Venezuelassamme — elative Venezuelastamme — illative Venezuelaamme — adessive Venezuelallamme — ablative Venezuelaltamme — allative Venezuelallemme — essive Venezuelanamme — translative Venezuelaksemme — abessive Venezuelattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Venezuelanne — accusative nom. Venezuelanne — gen. Venezuelanne genitive Venezuelanne — partitive Venezuelaanne — inessive Venezuelassanne — elative Venezuelastanne — illative Venezuelaanne — adessive Venezuelallanne — ablative Venezuelaltanne — allative Venezuelallenne — essive Venezuelananne — translative Venezuelaksenne — abessive Venezuelattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Venezuelansa — accusative nom. Venezuelansa — gen. Venezuelansa genitive Venezuelansa — partitive Venezuelaansa — inessive Venezuelassaan Venezuelassansa — elative Venezuelastaan Venezuelastansa — illative Venezuelaansa — adessive Venezuelallaan Venezuelallansa — ablative Venezuelaltaan Venezuelaltansa — allative Venezuelalleen Venezuelallensa — essive Venezuelanaan Venezuelanansa — translative Venezuelakseen Venezuelaksensa — abessive Venezuelattaan Venezuelattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• venezuelalainen

 

compounds

• venezuelanvillaopossumi
• venezuelanvyötiäinen

 

French

Alternative forms

• Vénézuéla

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ve.ne.zɥe.la/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Venezuela m

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Related terms

• vénézuélien
• Vénézuélien/Vénézuélienne
• Venise

German

Etymology

From Spanish Venezuela, from Old Spanish Veneçuela (diminutive of Venecia (“Venice”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veneˈtsu̯eːla/, [ˌveː.ne.t͡suˈ(ʔ)eː.la], [ˌvɛ-], [-nə-], (seldom) [-ˈt͡sʋeː.la]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Ve‧ne‧zu‧e‧la

Proper noun

Venezuela n (proper noun, genitive Venezuelas or (optionally with an article) Venezuela)

1. Venezuela (a country in South America; official name: Bolivarische Republik Venezuela)

Derived terms

• Venezolaner
• venezolanisch

Haitian Creole

Proper noun

Venezuela

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)
   • 2019 March 19, “Rankont ann Itali ant Anvwaye Espesyal Etazini ak Larisi sou Kriz Venezuela a”, in Lavwadlamerik‎^[1]:

     Anvwaye espesyal Etazini pou Venezuela, Elliot Abrams, ak vis-minis afè etranjè Larisi, Sergei Ryabkov, ap fè reyinyon nan vil Wòm ann Itali pou yo pale sou “sityasyon Venezuela kap agrave.”

     American Special Envoy for Venezuela Elliot Abrams and Russian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Ryabkov are meeting in the city of Rome, Italy to speak about "the worsening situation in Venezuela."

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛnɛzuɛlɒ]
• Hyphenation: Ve‧ne‧zu‧e‧la
• Rhymes: -lɒ

Proper noun

Venezuela

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Venezuela	—
accusative	Venezuelát	—
dative	Venezuelának	—
instrumental	Venezuelával	—
causal-final	Venezueláért	—
translative	Venezuelává	—
terminative	Venezueláig	—
essive-formal	Venezuelaként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Venezuelában	—
superessive	Venezuelán	—
adessive	Venezuelánál	—
illative	Venezuelába	—
sublative	Venezuelára	—
allative	Venezuelához	—
elative	Venezuelából	—
delative	Venezueláról	—
ablative	Venezuelától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Venezueláé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Venezueláéi	—

Possessive forms of Venezuela
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Venezuelám	—
2nd person sing.	Venezuelád	—
3rd person sing.	Venezuelája	—
1st person plural	Venezuelánk	—
2nd person plural	Venezuelátok	—
3rd person plural	Venezuelájuk	—

Derived terms

• venezuelai

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ve.net.t͡suˈɛ.la/, /ve.ned.d͡zuˈɛ.la/, /ve.netˈt͡swɛ.la/, /ve.nedˈd͡zwɛ.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛla
• Hyphenation: Ve‧ne‧zu‧è‧la, Ve‧ne‧zuè‧la

Proper noun

Venezuela m

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Related terms

• Venezia
• venezolano
• venezuelano

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Venezuela

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Related terms

• venezuelaner
• venezuelansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Venezuela

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Related terms

• venezuelan, venezuelanar
• venezuelansk

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ve.ne.zuˈɛ.lɐ/ [ve.ne.zʊˈɛ.lɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ve.neˈzwɛ.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ve.ne.zuˈɛ.lɐ/ [ve.ne.zʊˈɛ.lɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ve.neˈzwɛ.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ve.ne.zuˈɛ.la/ [ve.ne.zʊˈɛ.la], (faster pronunciation) /ve.neˈzwɛ.la/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨ.nɨˈzwɛ.lɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨ.nɨˈzwɛ.lɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.nɨˈzwɛ.lɐ/

• Hyphenation: Ve‧ne‧zu‧e‧la

Proper noun

Venezuela f

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• venezuelano

Romanian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Venezuela f

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈveɲezuela]

Proper noun

Venezuela f (genitive singular Venezuely, declension pattern of žena)

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

References

• “Venezuela”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish Veneçuela (from Venecia (“Venice”) + -uela).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /beneˈθwela/ [be.neˈθwe.la]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /beneˈswela/ [be.neˈswe.la]

• Audio (Peru); “Venezuela; capital: Caracas”:

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• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: Ve‧ne‧zue‧la

Proper noun

Venezuela f

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)
2. A town in Ciego de Ávila, Cuba

Related terms

• venezolanismo
• venezolano

 

Further reading

• “Venezuela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Venezuela n (genitive Venezuelas)

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Related terms

• venezuelan
• venezuelansk
• venezuelanska

Further reading

• Venezuela in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
• Svensk MeSH

Tatar

Proper noun

Venezuela

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Declension

    declension of Venezuela

Nominative	Venezuela
Genitive	Venezuelanıñ
Dative	Venezuelaga
Accusative	Venezuelanı
Locative	Venezuelada
Ablative	Venezueladan

Turkish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Venezuela

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)

Declension

Declension of Venezuela

	singular
nominative	Venezuela
accusative	Venezuela'yı
dative	Venezuela'ya
locative	Venezuela'da
ablative	Venezuela'dan
genitive	Venezuela'nın

    possessive of Venezuela

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Venezuela'm	Venezuelalarım / Venezuela'larım
senin (your)	Venezuela'n	Venezuelaların / Venezuela'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Venezuela'sı	Venezuelaları / Venezuela'ları
bizim (our)	Venezuela'mız	Venezuelalarımız / Venezuela'larımız
sizin (your)	Venezuela'nız	Venezuelalarınız / Venezuela'larınız
onların (their)	Venezuela'sı / Venezuelaları / Venezuela'ları	Venezuelaları / Venezuela'ları

Derived terms

• Venezuelalı

See also

• (countries of South America) Güney Amerika ülkesi; Arjantin, Bolivya, Brezilya, Ekvador, Guyana, Kolombiya, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Şili, Uruguay, Venezuela

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Venezuela

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)