esponja
See also: esponjá
CatalanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Latin spongia, from Ancient Greek σπογγιά (spongiá).
NounEdit
esponja f (plural esponges)
- sponge
- (in the plural) dishcloth gourd (Luffa acutangula)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
esponja
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin spongia, from Ancient Greek σπογγιά (spongiá), a later form of σπόγγος (spóngos, “sponge”) (compare Latin fungus).
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: es‧pon‧ja
NounEdit
esponja f (plural esponjas)
- sponge (marine invertebrate with a porous skeleton)
- sponge (piece of porous material used for washing)
DescendantsEdit
- Hunsrik: Esponja
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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 termsEdit
See alsoEdit
VerbEdit
esponja
- inflection of esponjar:
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further readingEdit
- “esponja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014