From Middle English, borrowed from Latin ventilātus, past participle of ventilō.

• IPA: /ˈvɛntɪleɪt/

ventilate (ventilates, present participle ventilating; simple past and past participle ventilated)

1. To replace stale or noxious air with fresh.
2. To circulate air through a building, etc.
3. To provide with a vent.
4. To expose something to the circulation of fresh air.
5. To expose something to public examination or discussion.
   • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

     "Well, I did my best. I had no hopes, and it has worked out as I thought. It is a pure waste of time." "Not at all," Malone answered. "It has ventilated an evil. There were reporters in court. Surely some of them have some sense. They will note the injustice."

6. (transitive, medicine) To provide manual or mechanical breathing to (a patient).
7. (intransitive, medicine) To breathe.

   Synonyms: Thesaurus:breathe

8. (slang) To shoot with a firearm; to pierce with bullets.

• ventilation

• German: lüften
• Portuguese: ventilar
• Spanish: ventilar

• German: belüften, ventilieren
• Portuguese: ventilar, arejar
• Spanish: ventilar

• German: lüften, belüften
• Spanish: ventilar

• Italian: ventilare

• German: beatmen
• Portuguese: ventilar