"esponsa" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Old Galician-Portuguese]

Forms: *esponsas [plural], sponssa [alternative], sponia [alternative], sponja [alternative]
Etymology: Semi-learned borrowing from Latin spongia, borrowed from Ancient Greek σπογγιά (spongiá), from σπόγγος (spóngos) + -ιά (-iá). Doublet of espunlha. Etymology templates: {{etymon|roa-opt|:slbor|la:spongia<id:sponge>|id=sponge|text=++}} Semi-learned borrowing from Latin spongia, borrowed from Ancient Greek σπογγιά (spongiá), from σπόγγος (spóngos) + -ιά (-iá)., {{doublet|roa-opt|espunlha}} Doublet of espunlha Head templates: {{head|roa-opt|noun|plural|*esponsas|||||cat2=|g=f|head=}} esponsa f (plural *esponsas), {{roa-opt-noun|f|pl=*esponsas}} esponsa f (plural *esponsas)
  1. sponge Tags: feminine
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