ventosa

== Asturian == === Noun === ventosa f (plural ventoses) suction cup (cup using suction as an adhesive) == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Medieval Latin (cucurbita) ventōsa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [bənˈtu.zə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [vənˈto.zə] IPA(key): (Central) [bənˈto.zə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [venˈto.za] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [benˈto.za] Rhymes: -oza === Noun === ventosa f (plural ventoses) (medicine) cupping glass (biology) sucker suction cup === Further reading === “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 == Italian == === Adjective === ventosa f sg feminine singular of ventoso === Noun === ventosa f (plural ventose) suction cup (zoology) sucker (organ) === Anagrams === svenato, vestano == Latin == === Adjective === ventōsa inflection of ventōsus: nominative/vocative feminine singular nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural === Adjective === ventōsā ablative feminine singular of ventōsus === Noun === ventosa f (genitive ventosae); first declension (chiefly Medieval Latin) cupping glass, cupping ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. === References === "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 == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ven‧to‧sa === Adjective === ventosa feminine singular of ventoso === Noun === ventosa f (plural ventosas) glass flask applied to one's skin in order to produce a local revulsion caused by the air's rarefaction (zoology) a fixation organ in leeches, octopuses and other animals (botany) a tree species of the Lauraceae family == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /benˈtosa/ [bẽn̪ˈt̪o.sa] Rhymes: -osa Syllabification: ven‧to‧sa === Noun === ventosa f (plural ventosas) suction cup plunger Synonyms: sopapa, desatascador, destupidor, sopapo, chupón, destapacaños, chuclete, chupa cupping glass === Adjective === ventosa feminine singular of ventoso === Further reading === “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