espundia

espundia (uncountable)

1. The ulcerative type of dermal leishmaniasis, with secondary manifestations in the nose and mouth, occurring in parts of South America.

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin spongia (“sponge”). Doublet of esponja. Compare Galician espulla (“wart; growth in cows”), also Romanian spânz (“horse disease”).

• IPA^(key): /esˈpundja/ [esˈpũn̪.d̪ja]
• Rhymes: -undja
• Syllabification: es‧pun‧dia

espundia f (plural espundias)

1. a type of ulcer afflicting horses and other equids.

• “espundia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025