Meanings (ES + gloss)
esponja
Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
esponja
A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).
She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination. The elder woman returned with dressings and a sponge, which she placed on a chair.
cafiche • gorrón
A person who takes advantage of the generosity of others (abstractly imagined to absorb or soak up the money or efforts of others like a sponge).
Phrases
Menger spongeSierpinski spongeTurkey toilet spongeVictoria spongebacteriospongebarrel spongebreadcrumb spongebullet spongecalcareous spongecalcispongechewing spongechuck up the spongecontraceptive spongecoralline spongecyanospongecytospongedemospongedispongedraw a sponge over the slatefun spongeglass spongeglobe spongeglove spongehoneycomb spongelyre spongemenstrual spongemicrospongenanospongepass a sponge over the slateplatinum spongesclerospongesea spongeset a spongesheepswool spongeslime spongesmoke spongesponge bagsponge bathsponge brushsponge cake
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cafichear • comer la sopa boba • gallofear • gorronear
To take advantage of the kindness of others.
The fly is an intruder, and a common smell-feast, that spunges upon other Peoples Trenchers.
You can’t go on spunging upon the women.
Phrases