esponxa

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

esponxa f (plural esponxes)

1. sponge

• esponja (reintegrationist)

Attested since 1409 (sponsa). Semi-learned borrowing from Latin spongia, from Ancient Greek σπογγιά (spongiá). Doublet of espulla.

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esponxa f (plural esponxas)

1. sponge
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria., Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 153:

     estancado o sange pom ençima do figo esponsa do mar et apretaa ben con huun pano de lino et legao ben et non lle tollas esta sponssa do mar ataa que seia o figo todo comesto et rraudo da huña

     when the blood has stopped, put over the swelling a sea sponge and press it with as linen cloth, very tight, and don't take away this sea sponge till the swelling is totally eaten and removed from the hoof

2. sea sponge (Spongia officinalis)

   Synonyms: pan de langosta, pan de gaivota, pan mouro

• esponxar
• esponxado

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “esponsa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esponxa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “esponxa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “esponxa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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

esponxa f (plural esponxas)

1. sponge

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