In expressions of colloquial language, the word bucket has two variants in its meanings as a sense of not having monetary value that gives the sense that something is free or you do it for free and another that is when something has no utility or purpose, such as when They say that the trip did not bear fruit or they traveled in vain, that they worked in vain. It is an object of cylindrical shape with an opening at the top that is wider than its bottom side, having handles on the sides to be able to carry it more easily, it is used to fill it with liquids, clean, or put things inside to store them.
Since ancient Rome it has been known of finds of these containers in the archaeological excavations of pieces of metal with handles, with the difference that in their lower part they had a kind of foot or chalice to be able to hold it since they were more round in their lower part, It was used to collect water and take it to the temples, from there since the Middle Ages the term of the water carrier was already known, that is, the one in charge of water. In religion it is also known of its existence, a smaller cube, smaller that was used as an object to give worship in sacred ceremonies such as the one dedicated to the goddess Isis, who by name had places where she drinks water from the river Nile.
In Argentina, Uruguay and Mexico they use the word as an expression of abundance, especially when it rains in abundance, in other latitudes such as Honduras its expression is more serious, when someone has died they use the expression of kicking the bucket to indicate the death of that person.
The etymology of the word indicates that its name is masculine and in Latin it is cuba that gives several synonyms such as receptacle, bucket or bucket, in a great variety of materials that have been made such as metal, wood, more current plastics, copper, bronze and that in ancient times were made of wood; that can hold 5 liters of water, in our modern era there are many large-scale shapes, materials and sizes called water tanks, which can store an exaggerated amount and supply an entire community.
