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

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuˈɾɐ̃.ʒɐ/

Hyphenation: to‧ran‧ja

Noun

toranja f (plural toranjas)

grapefruit

Further reading

“toranja” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.

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