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 f (genitive ventosae); first declension

1. (chiefly Medieval Latin) cupping glass, cupping

First-declension noun.

• "ventosa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “ventosa”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025