toranja

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تُرُنْجَة (turunja, citron).[1][2] Compare Spanish toronja (grapefruit) and Catalan taronja (orange).

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: to‧ran‧ja

Noun

toranja f (plural toranjas)

  1. grapefruit (fruit)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ toranja”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ toranja”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024