sponge

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sponge
[spʌndʒ]
sustantivo
1esponja (f)
  • to throw in the sponge (sentido figurado) -> tirar la toalla
  • sponge bag -> bolsa (f) de aseo
  • sponge cake -> bizcocho (m)
  • sponge pudding -> budín (m) de bizcocho (al baño María)
verbo transitivo
2limpiar (wash) (con una esponja)
3(familiar) (scrounge)
  • to sponge something off or from somebody (con una esponja) -> gorrear or gorronear or (español de España, español de México) garronear algo a alguien (RP)
verbo intransitivo
4vivir de gorra (familiar) (scrounge) (español de España, español de México), vivir de arriba (RP)

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sponge [spandch]
sustantivo
1Esponja, animal fijo y marino por regla general, sin tentáculos y con poros en la pared del cuerpo.
2Esponja, producción marina, masa flexible y porosa habitada por pólipos, que con mucha facilidad absorbe cualquier líquido y los suelta comprimiéndola.
3Todo utensilio parecido a una esponja que sirve como absorbente; lanada o escobillón; masa para hacer pan; masa de metales finamente divididos.
4Mogollón, gorrista, parásito humano.
  • Sponge-cake -> bizcocho, bizcochuelo, bollo ligero y esponjoso
1Borrar o limpiar alguna cosa con esponja.
2Atraer y chupar la sustancia o bienes de otros.
3Comer de gorra; chasquear.
4Escobillonar.
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
5Embeberse como una esponja. (n)
6Pescar o recoger esponja (n)
sustantivo
7Vivir de gorra, comer de gorra.
  • Sponge up -> absorber
va.

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sponge [spʌndʒ] d
noun
1 (for washing) esponja; (f)
to throw in the sponge darse por vencido; tirar la toalla
2 (Cookery) (also sponge cake) bizcocho; (m) queque; (m) pastel; (m) (LAm)
3 (Zool) esponja; (f)
verb:transitive
1 (wash) lavar con esponja; limpiar con esponja
2 (informal) (scrounge)
he sponged £15 off me me sacó 15 libras de gorra; (informal)
verb:intransitive
(informal) (scrounge) dar sablazos; (informal) vivir de gorra; (informal)
to sponge off on sbor (depend on) vivir de algn; (on occasion) dar sablazos a algn; (informal)
modifier
sponge bag (n) esponjera; (f)
sponge cake (n) bizcocho; (m) queque; (m) pastelito; (m) (LAm)
sponge pudding (n) pudín de bizcocho; (m)

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Verb Conjugation for "sponge"

Imperative
  • sponge
  • you sponge
  • he/she sponges
  • we sponge
  • you sponge
  • they sponge
Preterite
  • I sponged
  • you sponged
  • he/she sponged
  • we sponged
  • you sponged
  • they sponged
Present Continuous
  • I am sponging
  • you are sponging
  • he/she is sponging
  • we are sponging
  • you are sponging
  • they are sponging
Present Perfect
  • I have sponged
  • you have sponged
  • he/she has sponged
  • we have sponged
  • you have sponged
  • they have sponged
Past Continuous
  • I was sponging
  • you were sponging
  • he/she was sponging
  • we were sponging
  • you were sponging
  • they were sponging
Past Perfect
  • I had sponged
  • you had sponged
  • he/she had sponged
  • we had sponged
  • you had sponged
  • they had sponged
Future
  • I will sponge
  • you will sponge
  • he/she will sponge
  • we will sponge
  • you will sponge
  • they will sponge
Future Perfect
  • I will have sponged
  • you will have sponged
  • he/she will have sponged
  • we will have sponged
  • you will have sponged
  • they will have sponged
Future Continuous
  • I will be sponging
  • you will be sponging
  • he/she will be sponging
  • we will be sponging
  • you will be sponging
  • they will be sponging
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been sponging
  • you have been sponging
  • he/she has been sponging
  • we have been sponging
  • you have been sponging
  • they have been sponging
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been sponging
  • you will have been sponging
  • he/she will have been sponging
  • we will have been sponging
  • you will have been sponging
  • they will have been sponging
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been sponging
  • you had been sponging
  • he/she had been sponging
  • we had been sponging
  • you had been sponging
  • they had been sponging
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