esponja
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See also: esponjá
Catalan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Latin spongia, from Ancient Greek σπογγιά (spongiá).
Noun
[edit]esponja f (plural esponges)
- sponge
- (in the plural) dishcloth gourd (Luffa acutangula)
- Synonyms: dringi de l'Índia, fregall de Cuba
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]esponja
- inflection of esponjar:
Further reading
[edit]- “esponja” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
[edit]Noun
[edit]esponja f (plural esponjas, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of esponxa
Further reading
[edit]- “esponja” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Rhymes: -õʒɐ
- Hyphenation: es‧pon‧ja
Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese esponsa, borrowed from Latin spongia, borrowed from Ancient Greek σπογγιά (spongiá), from σπόγγος (spóngos) + -ιά (-iá). Doublet of espúndia and fungo.
Noun
[edit]esponja f (plural esponjas)
- sponge (aquatic invertebrate of the phylum Porifera)
- Synonyms: esponja-do-mar, porífero
- sponge (piece of porous material used for washing)
- (figurative) sponge (heavy drinker)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Hunsrik: Esponja
Further reading
[edit]- “esponja” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “esponja”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “esponja”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form..
Verb
[edit]esponja
- inflection of esponjar:
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Semi-learned descendant of Latin spongia, from Ancient Greek σπογγιά (spongiá),[1] a later form of σπόγγος (spóngos, “sponge”) (compare Latin fungus). Probably a doublet of espundia. Cognate with English sponge.
Noun
[edit]esponja f (plural esponjas)
- sponge (marine invertebrate)
- Synonyms: espongiario, porífero
- sponge (piece of porous material for washing)
- sponge (porous material of sponges)
- sponge, moocher
Derived terms
[edit]- esponjar (verb)
- esponjoso
- esponjuelo
See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]esponja
- inflection of esponjar:
References
[edit]- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “esponja”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
[edit]- “esponja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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- ca:Sponges
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/õʒɐ
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- Rhymes:Spanish/onxa
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