esponja

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əsˈpɔɲ.ʒə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /esˈpɔɲ.d͡ʒa/

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

esponja f (plural esponges)

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

esponja

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

From Latin spongia, from Ancient Greek σπογγιά (spongiá), a later form of σπόγγος (spóngos, “sponge”) (compare Latin fungus).

• Hyphenation: es‧pon‧ja

esponja f (plural esponjas)

1. sponge (marine invertebrate with a porous skeleton)
2. sponge (piece of porous material used for washing)

• Hunsrik: Esponja

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.

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

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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