esponja

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈpɔɲ.ʒə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈpɔɲ.d͡ʒa]

From Latin spongia, from Ancient Greek σπογγιά (spongiá).

esponja f (plural esponges)

1. sponge
2. (in the plural) dishcloth gourd (Luffa acutangula)

   Synonyms: dringi de l'Índia, fregall de Cuba

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

esponja

1. inflection of esponjar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “esponja”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

esponja f (plural esponjas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of esponxa

• “esponja” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

• Rhymes: -õʒɐ
• Hyphenation: es‧pon‧ja

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.

esponja f (plural esponjas)

1. sponge (aquatic invertebrate of the phylum Porifera)

   Synonyms: esponja-do-mar, porífero

2. sponge (piece of porous material used for washing)
3. (figurative) sponge (heavy drinker)

• → Hunsrik: Esponja

• “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, 2015–2025
• “esponja”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form..

esponja

1. inflection of esponjar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /esˈponxa/ [esˈpõŋ.xa]
• Rhymes: -onxa
• Syllabification: es‧pon‧ja

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.

esponja f (plural esponjas)

1. sponge (marine invertebrate)

   Synonyms: espongiario, porífero

2. sponge (piece of porous material for washing)
3. sponge (porous material of sponges)
4. sponge, moocher

• (piece for washing): estropajo, zacate

esponja

1. inflection of esponjar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “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], 10 December 2024

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