Noun: esponja
Gender: f
Hyphenation: es‧pon‧ja
| Singular f | esponja |
| Plural f | esponjas |
Sample Sentences
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Eſponja, a ſponge, a pumiſe, Spongia, pumex. (Esponja, a sponge, a pumice, Spongia, pumex.) [1591, Richard Percyuall, “Eſponja”, in Bibliotheca Hispanica. Containg a Grammar, with a Dictionaire in Spanish, English, and Latine […] (in Early Modern English), London: Iohn Iackson, page 146:]
Nouns inflected like esponja
enlatadora,
gencianilla,
paletada,
interneurona,
palestra,
quinacridona,
uridina,
bacinilla,
sopaipilla,
histerectomía,
desaveniencia,
baicaleína,
mesanina,
delicatessen,
hipertrigliceridemia,
teleasistencia,
sequía,
serifa,
seroja,
sesera, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Inherited from Old Spanish esponja, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin spongia (compare the expected Old Spanish outcome *esponza), from Ancient Greek σπογγῐᾱ́ (spongĭā́), a later form of σπόγγος (spóngos, “sponge”).
2. Doublet of espundia and hongo. Cognate with English sponge. See: Old Spanish Nouns '
esponja', Old Spanish Nouns '
esponja', English Nouns '
sponge'.
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