🇵🇹 portugais

esponja

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feminine

a esponja

sponge

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esponja
/a isˈpõʒɐ/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on esponja en portugais ?

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/a isˈpõʒɐ/

How do you pronounce esponja in portugais?

esponja is pronounced /a isˈpõʒɐ/ in portugais.

Exemples de phrases

A esponja amarela que comprei está muito macia e absorve bem a água.

The yellow sponge that I bought is very soft and absorbs water well.

Essa esponja velha e desgastada não é mais útil para limpar a cozinha.

This old and worn-out sponge is no longer useful for cleaning the kitchen.

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Pourquoi est-ce feminine ?

Esponja is feminine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "spongia," which was feminine, and Portuguese retained the feminine gender of its Latin ancestor along with the regular -a ending typical of feminine nouns. The Latin term itself came from Greek "spóngos," and the feminine gender persisted through the Romance languages.

Comment dit-on sponge en portugais ?

En portugais, sponge se dit a esponja — feminine.

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