ventosa — meaning in English

English meaning

• cup noun A small open container, usually with a handle, used for drinking.
• sucker noun A person who is easily fooled or persuaded.

Senses

ventosa is used for these senses in English:

• cupping glass (archaic, medicine) A glass vessel used in cupping.
• sucker An animal such as the octopus and remora, which adhere to other bodies with such organs.
• suction cup A cup made of flexible material, such as rubber, that uses suction as an adhesive.

cup — full definition

1. noun A small open container, usually with a handle, used for drinking.
2. noun A unit of volume used in cooking, roughly 237 mL in the US.
3. noun A trophy shaped like an oversized cup, or the competition it is awarded for.

sucker — full definition

1. noun A person who is easily fooled or persuaded.
2. noun A round, sucking organ or structure that helps something stick to a surface.
3. noun A lollipop or piece of hard candy meant to be sucked.

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