toronja

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• toranja

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈɾõ.ʒɐ/

• (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)

1. 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)

1. grapefruit

   Synonym: pomelo

Further reading

• “toronja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16