sponge

sponge
1. noun
1) (a type of sea animal, or its soft skeleton, which has many holes and is able to suck up and hold water.) esponja
2) (a piece of such a skeleton or a substitute, used for washing the body etc.) esponja
3) (a sponge pudding or cake: We had jam sponge for dessert.) bizcocho
4) (an act of wiping etc with a sponge: Give the table a quick sponge over, will you?) pasada de esponja

2. verb
1) (to wipe or clean with a sponge: She sponged the child's face.) lavar con esponja
2) (to get a living, money etc (from someone else): He's been sponging off/on us for years.) vivir de gorra
•
- spongy
- spongily
- sponginess
- sponge cake
- sponge pudding
sponge n esponja
sponge
tr[spʌnʤ]
noun
1 (gen) esponja
2 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL (cake) bizcocho
transitive verb
1 (clean) lavar con esponja, limpiar con esponja, pasar una esponja por
■ sponge down the walls pase una esponja por las paredes
■ she sponged the wound limpió la herida con una esponja
2 familiar (scrounge) gorronear, gorrear, sablear
■ he sponged a fiver from me me gorroneó cinco libras
intransitive verb
1 familiar (scrounge) vivir de gorra, gorrear, dar sablazos
\
SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to give something a sponge pasar una esponja por algo
to throw in/up the sponge arrojar la toalla
sponge bag bolsa de aseo, neceser nombre masculino
sponge cake bizcocho
sponge pudding budín nombre masculino
sponge ['spʌnʤ] vt, sponged ; sponging : limpiar con una esponja
sponge n
: esponja f
sponge
n.
• esponja s.f.
v.
• chapotear v.
• lavar con esponja v.
• pegotear v.
spʌndʒ
I
noun
1)
a) c (Zool) esponja f
b) c (for bath) esponja f; throw in b)
2) c u (Culin) sponge (cake) bizcocho m, bizcochuelo m (CS)

II
1.
transitive verb (clean) pasar una esponja (or una toalla húmeda etc) por

to sponge the dirt off something — limpiar algo con una esponja/con un trapo


2.
vi gorronear (fam), gorrear (fam), garronear (RPl fam), bolsear (Chi fam)

he lives by sponging on o off his relatives — vive a costillas de sus parientes

[spʌndʒ]
1. N
1) (for washing) esponja f
- throw in the sponge
2) (Culin) (also: sponge cake) bizcocho m , queque m , pastel m (LAm)
3) (Zool) esponja f
2. VT
1) (=wash) lavar con esponja, limpiar con esponja
2) * (=scrounge)

he sponged £15 off me — me sacó 15 libras de gorra *

3.
VI * (=scrounge) dar sablazos *, vivir de gorra *

to sponge off or on sb — (=depend on) vivir de algn; (on occasion) dar sablazos a algn *

4.
CPD

sponge bag N — esponjera f

sponge cake N — bizcocho m , queque m , pastelito m (LAm)

sponge pudding N — pudín m de bizcocho

sponge rubber N — gomaespuma f

* * *
[spʌndʒ]
I
noun
1)
a) c (Zool) esponja f
b) c (for bath) esponja f; throw in b)
2) c u (Culin) sponge (cake) bizcocho m, bizcochuelo m (CS)

II
1.
transitive verb (clean) pasar una esponja (or una toalla húmeda etc) por

to sponge the dirt off something — limpiar algo con una esponja/con un trapo


2.
vi gorronear (fam), gorrear (fam), garronear (RPl fam), bolsear (Chi fam)

he lives by sponging on o off his relatives — vive a costillas de sus parientes


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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