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esponjar
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Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
esponjar (first-person singular present esponjo, first-person singular preterite espongí, past participle esponjat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
- (transitive) to sponge up, to absorb with a sponge
- (transitive) to raze
- (pronominal) to fluff up (to become soft and porous)
- (pronominal, figurative) to swell, to become proud
Conjugation
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Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
esponjar (first-person singular present esponjo, first-person singular preterite esponjé, past participle esponjado)
- (transitive) to fluff up, make spongey
- (intransitive) to become spongey
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 319:
- La presencia de una menstruosa malogra el batido: la leche no cuaja y se vuelve suero, los huevos se convierten en aceite, la masa no esponja, etc.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading
- “esponjar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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