ventosa
Spanish, noun/benˈtosa/
ventosa is spelled V-E-N-T-O-S-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 45,181st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ventosa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “suction cup” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of ventoso. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Objeto que utiliza la presión negativa del fluido del aire o agua para adherirse a las superficies no porosas”.
What does ventosa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesuction cup
- 2
feminineplunger
- 3
femininecupping glass
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of ventoso
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Objeto que utiliza la presión negativa del fluido del aire o agua para adherirse a las superficies no porosas. 2. Antiguo instrumento de cirugía de forma redondeada de vidrio o de metal, que se aplica en los diversos puntos de la superficie del cuerpo para atraer a ellos un aflujo de los líquidos mediante el vacío que se forma por un medio cualquiera.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ventosa
- ventosas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ventosa?
- /benˈtosa/
- [bẽn̪ˈt̪o.sa]
- [bẽn̪ˈt̪osa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ventosa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ventosa in Spanish?
ventosa appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).