esponjar

== Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [əs.puɲˈʒa] IPA(key): (Balearic) [əs.poɲˈʒa] IPA(key): (Valencia) [es.poɲˈd͡ʒaɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [es.poɲˈʒa] Rhymes: -a(ɾ) === Verb === esponjar (first-person singular present esponjo, first-person singular preterite espongí, past participle esponjat); root stress: (Northern) /o̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /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 ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === From esponja + -ar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /esponˈxaɾ/ [es.põŋˈxaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: es‧pon‧jar === 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 ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “esponjar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025