ventosa

ventosa f (plural ventoses)

1. suction cup (cup using suction as an adhesive)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin (cucurbita) ventōsa.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bənˈto.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vənˈto.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [venˈto.za]
• Rhymes: -oza

ventosa f (plural ventoses)

1. (medicine) cupping glass
2. (biology) sucker
3. suction cup

• “ventosa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

ventosa f sg

1. feminine singular of ventoso

ventosa f (plural ventose)

1. suction cup
2. (zoology) sucker (organ)

• svenato, vestano

ventōsa

1. inflection of ventōsus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

ventōsā

1. ablative feminine singular of ventōsus

• "ventosa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

ventosa

1. feminine singular of ventoso

• IPA^(key): /benˈtosa/ [bẽn̪ˈt̪o.sa]
• Rhymes: -osa
• Syllabification: ven‧to‧sa

ventosa f (plural ventosas)

1. suction cup
2. plunger

   Synonyms: sopapa, desatascador, destupidor, sopapo, chupón, destapacaños, chuclete, chupa

3. cupping glass

ventosa

1. feminine singular of ventoso

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