toranja

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تُرُنْجَة (turunja, “citron”).[1][2] Compare Spanish toronja (“grapefruit”) and Catalan taronja (“orange”).

Pronunciation

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

  • Hyphenation: to‧ran‧ja

Noun

toranja f (plural toranjas)

  1. grapefruit (fruit)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “toranja”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “toranja”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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