esponja

Significado (Inglês)

Noun

1. (feminine) sponge (aquatic invertebrate of the phylum Porifera)
2. (feminine) sponge (piece of porous material used for washing)
3. (feminine, figuratively) sponge (heavy drinker)

Verb

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

Traduções

éponge

🧽

Schwamm

🧽

sponge

🧽

spons

🧽

spugna

🧽

esponja

🧽

esponja

🧽

σφουγγάρι

spugne

sponges

إسفنجات

îsfenc

sunger

esponjas

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/isˈpõ.ʒɐ/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Cognato com latim: fungus

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese esponsa, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin spongia, borrowed from Ancient Greek σπογγιά (spongiá), from σπόγγος (spóngos) + -ιά (-iá).
Doublet of espúndia and fungo.