toranja

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• toronja

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تُرُنْجَة (turunja, “citron”). Compare Spanish toronja (“grapefruit”) and Catalan taronja (“orange”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈɾɐ̃.ʒɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈɾɐ̃.ʒɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈɾɐ̃.ʒa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuˈɾɐ̃.ʒɐ/

• Hyphenation: to‧ran‧ja

Noun

toranja f (plural toranjas)

1. grapefruit (fruit)

Derived terms

• toranjeira