esponja

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) sponge
2. (feminine, in-plural) dishcloth gourd (Luffa acutangula)

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of esponjar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of esponjar:

esponjar

1. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, transitive) to sponge up, to absorb with a sponge
2. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, transitive) to raze
3. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, pronominal) to fluff up (to become soft and porous)
4. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, figuratively, pronominal) to swell, to become proud

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Concepts

sponge

🧽

guzzler

parazoan

poriferan

Synonyms

baieta

porífer

Translations

esponja

🧽

éponge

🧽

Schwamm

🧽

spugna

🧽

σφουγγάρι

sünger

🧽

esponja

🧽

spons

🧽

sunger

îsfenc

Badeschwamm

سَفِنْج

esponga

bambocheur

Pronounced as (IPA)

[əsˈpɔɲ.ʒə]

Etymology

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