toronja

Portuguese

Alternative forms

toranja

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈɾõ.ʒɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈɾõ.ʒa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuˈɾõ.ʒɐ/

Hyphenation: to‧ron‧ja

Noun

toronja f (plural toronjas)

Alternative form of toranja

Spanish

Common names for grapefruit in the Spanish-speaking world

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تُرُنْجَة (turunja, “citron”). Compare Portuguese toranja and Catalan taronja (“orange”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /toˈɾonxa/ [t̪oˈɾõŋ.xa]
Rhymes: -onxa
Syllabification: to‧ron‧ja

Noun

toronja f (plural toronjas)

grapefruit
Synonym: pomelo

Further reading

“toronja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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