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1 sponge
1. noun1) (a type of sea animal, or its soft skeleton, which has many holes and is able to suck up and hold water.) esponja2) (a piece of such a skeleton or a substitute, used for washing the body etc.) esponja3) (a sponge pudding or cake: We had jam sponge for dessert.) bizcocho4) (an act of wiping etc with a sponge: Give the table a quick sponge over, will you?) pasada de esponja
2. verb1) (to wipe or clean with a sponge: She sponged the child's face.) lavar con esponja2) (to get a living, money etc (from someone else): He's been sponging off/on us for years.) vivir de gorra•- sponger- spongy
- spongily
- sponginess
- sponge cake
- sponge pudding
sponge n esponjatr[spʌnʤ]1 (gen) esponja2 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL (cake) bizcocho1 (clean) lavar con esponja, limpiar con esponja, pasar una esponja por2 familiar (scrounge) gorronear, gorrear, sablear1 familiar (scrounge) vivir de gorra, gorrear, dar sablazos\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto give something a sponge pasar una esponja por algoto throw in/up the sponge arrojar la toallasponge bag bolsa de aseo, neceser nombre masculinosponge cake bizcochosponge n: esponja fn.• esponja s.f.v.• chapotear v.• lavar con esponja v.• pegotear v.spʌndʒ
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1)a) c ( Zool) esponja fb) c ( for bath) esponja f; throw in b)
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to sponge the dirt off something — limpiar algo con una esponja/con un trapo
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vi gorronear (fam), gorrear (fam), garronear (RPl fam), bolsear (Chi fam)[spʌndʒ]he lives by sponging on o off his relatives — vive a costillas de sus parientes
1. N1) (for washing) esponja f- throw in the sponge2) (Culin) (also: sponge cake) bizcocho m, queque m, pastel m (LAm)3) (Zool) esponja f2. VT1) (=wash) lavar con esponja, limpiar con esponja2) * (=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.CPDsponge 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]
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1)a) c ( Zool) esponja fb) c ( for bath) esponja f; throw in b)
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to sponge the dirt off something — limpiar algo con una esponja/con un trapo
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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
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2 sponger
noun (a person who lives by sponging on others.) gorróntr['spʌnʤəSMALLr/SMALL]n.• chupona s.f.• chupón s.m.• cucañero, -era s.m.,f.• esponja s.f.• golondro s.m.• gorrista s.m.,f.• mogollona s.f.• mogollón s.m.• pegote s.m.• sablista s.m.,f.• vividor, -ora s.m.,f.'spʌndʒər, 'spʌndʒə(r)noun (colloq & pej) gorrón, -rrona m,f (fam), gorrero, -ra m,f (fam), garronero, -ra m,f (RPl fam), bolsero, -ra m,f (Chi fam)['spʌndʒǝ(r)]N gorrón(-ona) * m / f, sablista * mf* * *['spʌndʒər, 'spʌndʒə(r)]noun (colloq & pej) gorrón, -rrona m,f (fam), gorrero, -ra m,f (fam), garronero, -ra m,f (RPl fam), bolsero, -ra m,f (Chi fam)
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