toronja
Portuguese
Alternative forms
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
Further reading
- “toronja”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “toronja”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025