Sponge
//spʌnd͡ʒ//
Translations of "sponge" (79 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | sfungjer(marine invertebrate) | — | |
| Ancient Greek | σπόγγος(marine invertebrate), σπόγγος(piece of porous material used for washing), σπογγίζω(to clean with a sponge) | spóngos, spóngos, spongízō | |
| Arabic | إسفنج(marine invertebrate), إسفنجة(piece of porous material used for washing), إِسْفَنْج(marine invertebrate), سَفِنْج(piece of porous material used for washing), سِفِنج(marine invertebrate), سِفِنجة(piece of porous material used for washing) | ʔisfinj, ʔisfinja, ʔisfanj, safing, sifinj, sifinja | |
| Armenian | սպունգ(marine invertebrate), սպունգ(piece of porous material used for washing) | spung, spung | |
| Asturian | esponxa(marine invertebrate), esponxa(piece of porous material used for washing), esponxa(porous material) | — | |
| Basque | belaki(marine invertebrate), belaki(piece of porous material used for washing) | — | |
| Belarusian | гу́бка(marine invertebrate), гу́бка(piece of porous material used for washing) | húbka, húbka | |
| Bulgarian | гъба за миене(piece of porous material used for washing), сю́нгер(marine invertebrate), мия с гъба(to clean with a sponge) | gǎba za miene, sjúnger, mija s gǎba | |
| Catalan | esponja(marine invertebrate), esponja(piece of porous material used for washing), esponja(porous material), esponjar(to clean with a sponge), gorrejar(to take advantage of others) | — | |
| Chechen | йашориг(piece of porous material used for washing), цӏанориг(piece of porous material used for washing) | jašorig, cʼanorig | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 海綿 /海绵(marine invertebrate), 海綿 /海绵(piece of porous material used for washing) | hǎimián, hǎimián | |
| Czech | houba(marine invertebrate), houba(piece of porous material used for washing), houba(porous material), houba(any spongelike substance), houbovec(marine invertebrate), mořská houba(marine invertebrate) | — | |
| Danish | svamp(marine invertebrate), svamp(piece of porous material used for washing) | — | |
| Dutch | spons(marine invertebrate) | — | |
| Esperanto | spongo(marine invertebrate), spongo(piece of porous material used for washing) | — | |
| Estonian | käsn(marine invertebrate), käsn(piece of porous material used for washing), nuustik(piece of porous material used for washing), švamm(piece of porous material used for washing) | — | |
| Finnish | ehkäisysieni(form of contraception), kärki(point of a horseshoe), pesusieni(piece of porous material used for washing), puhdistustanko(mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon), pummi(slang: person who takes advantage of the generosity of others), sieni(porous material), sieni(informal: heavy drinker), sieni(any spongelike substance), sienieläin(marine invertebrate), siipeilijä(slang: person who takes advantage of the generosity of others), siipiveikko(slang: person who takes advantage of the generosity of others), puhdistaa sienellä(to clean with a sponge), siipeillä(to take advantage of others) | — | |
| French | ivrogne(informal: heavy drinker), soulard(informal: heavy drinker), éponge(marine invertebrate), éponge(piece of porous material used for washing), éponger(to clean with a sponge) | — | |
| Friulian | sponge(marine invertebrate), sponze(marine invertebrate) | — | |
| Galician | esponxa(marine invertebrate), esponxa(piece of porous material used for washing), esponxa(porous material) | — | |
| Georgian | საწური(piece of porous material used for washing) | sac̣uri | |
| German | Schnorrer(slang: person who takes advantage of the generosity of others), Schwamm(marine invertebrate), Schwamm(piece of porous material used for washing), schnorren(to take advantage of others) | — | |
| Greek | σφουγγάρι(marine invertebrate), σφουγγάρι(piece of porous material used for washing), σφουγγάρι(porous material), σφογγίζω(to clean with a sponge) | sfoungári, sfoungári, sfoungári, sfongízo | |
| Gujarati | ઇસપંજ(marine invertebrate), સ્પંજ(marine invertebrate) | isapañj, spañj | |
| Hawaiian | huʻa kai(piece of porous material used for washing), huʻahuʻa kai(piece of porous material used for washing), huʻakai(marine invertebrate), huʻakai(piece of porous material used for washing) | — | |
| Hebrew | סְפוֹג(marine invertebrate), סְפוֹג(piece of porous material used for washing), ספג(to clean with a sponge) | sfog, sfog, safág | |
| Hindi | इसपंज(marine invertebrate), इस्फ़ंज(marine invertebrate), स्पंज(marine invertebrate), स्पंज(piece of porous material used for washing) | ispañj, isfañj, spañj, spañj | |
| Hungarian | szivacs(marine invertebrate), szivacs(piece of porous material used for washing), szivacsanyag(porous material) | — | |
| Icelandic | svampur(marine invertebrate), svampur(piece of porous material used for washing) | — | |
| Ido | sponjo(marine invertebrate) | — | |
| Indonesian | bunga karang(marine invertebrate), spons(piece of porous material used for washing) | — | |
| Iranian Persian | اِسْفَنْج(marine invertebrate), اِسْفَنْج(piece of porous material used for washing) | esfanj, esfanj | |
| Italian | spugna(marine invertebrate), spugna(piece of porous material used for washing), spugna(informal: heavy drinker) | — | |
| Japanese | スポンジ(piece of porous material used for washing), 海綿(marine invertebrate) | suponji, kaimen | |
| Kazakh | губка(marine invertebrate), ысқыш(piece of porous material used for washing) | gubka, ysqyş | |
| Khmer | ពពុះទឹក(piece of porous material used for washing), អេប៉ុង(marine invertebrate), អេប៉ុង(piece of porous material used for washing), អេប៉ុងហ្ស៍(marine invertebrate) | pɔpuh tɨk, ʼeepong, ʼeepong, ʼeepong | |
| Korean | 갯솜(marine invertebrate), 스펀지(marine invertebrate), 스펀지(piece of porous material used for washing), 해면(marine invertebrate) | gaetsom, seupeonji, seupeonji, haemyeon | |
| Latin | spongia(marine invertebrate), spongia(piece of porous material used for washing), parasītor(to take advantage of others) | — | |
| Latvian | sūklis(marine invertebrate) | — | |
| Lithuanian | durlė(marine invertebrate), kempinė(piece of porous material used for washing), pintis(marine invertebrate) | — | |
| Macedonian | су́нѓер(marine invertebrate), су́нѓер(porous material), су́нѓер(informal: heavy drinker), сунѓер(piece of porous material used for washing) | súnǵer, súnǵer, súnǵer, sunǵer | |
| Malay | bunga karang(marine invertebrate), span(piece of porous material used for washing) | — | |
| Māori | kōpūpūtai(marine invertebrate), kōtare(slang: person who takes advantage of the generosity of others), kōtaretare(slang: person who takes advantage of the generosity of others), muremure(slang: person who takes advantage of the generosity of others), pūngorungoru(marine invertebrate), kaimātai(to take advantage of others), kaipaoke(to take advantage of others), opeope(to clean with a sponge) | — | |
| Mokilese | limw(marine invertebrate) | — | |
| Mongolian | порлон(piece of porous material used for washing) | porlon | |
| Navajo | táłtłʼááh yilcháazhii(marine invertebrate), tó yitsʼǫǫsí(piece of porous material used for washing) | — | |
| Norman | êponge(marine invertebrate), êponge(piece of porous material used for washing), êpongi(to clean with a sponge) | — | |
| Northern Kurdish | lûfik(piece of porous material used for washing), sunger(marine invertebrate), sunger(piece of porous material used for washing), îsfenc(marine invertebrate), îsfenc(marine invertebrate), îsfenc(piece of porous material used for washing) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | svamp(marine invertebrate), svamp(piece of porous material used for washing) | — | |
| Occitan | esponga(marine invertebrate), esponja(piece of porous material used for washing) | — | |
| Ottoman Turkish | سونگر(marine invertebrate), سونگر(piece of porous material used for washing), سونگر(porous material) | sünger, sünger, sünger | |
| Pashto | سپنج(marine invertebrate), سپنج(piece of porous material used for washing), سپنج(porous material) | spanj, spanj, spanj | |
| Plautdietsch | Schwom(marine invertebrate), Schwom(piece of porous material used for washing), Sponzh(piece of porous material used for washing) | — | |
| Polish | gąbka(marine invertebrate), gąbka(piece of porous material used for washing) | — | |
| Portuguese | esponja(marine invertebrate), esponja(piece of porous material used for washing) | — | |
| Quechua | puqyala(marine invertebrate) | — | |
| Romanian | burete(marine invertebrate), burete(piece of porous material used for washing), spongie(marine invertebrate) | — | |
| Russian | ба́нник(mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon), гу́бка(marine invertebrate), гу́бка(piece of porous material used for washing), гу́бка(porous material), дармое́д(slang: person who takes advantage of the generosity of others), моча́лка(piece of porous material used for washing), нахле́бник(slang: person who takes advantage of the generosity of others), парази́т(slang: person who takes advantage of the generosity of others), прижива́л(slang: person who takes advantage of the generosity of others), тунея́дец(slang: person who takes advantage of the generosity of others), «дои́ть»(to take advantage of others), «соса́ть»(to take advantage of others), паразити́ровать(to take advantage of others), чи́стить гу́бкой(to clean with a sponge) | bánnik, gúbka, gúbka, gúbka, darmojéd, močálka, naxlébnik, parazít, priživál, tunejádec, parazitírovatʹ, čístitʹ gúbkoj | |
| Saterland Frisian | Swom(marine invertebrate) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | spȕžva(marine invertebrate), spȕžva(piece of porous material used for washing), sùnđer(marine invertebrate), {{t+|sh|sùnđer|m}(piece of porous material used for washing), спу̏жва(marine invertebrate), спу̏жва(piece of porous material used for washing), су̀нђер(marine invertebrate), су̀нђер(piece of porous material used for washing) | — | |
| Sicilian | sfincia(piece of porous material used for washing), sponza(piece of porous material used for washing), spugna (Italianization)(piece of porous material used for washing) | — | |
| Slovak | hubka(marine invertebrate) | — | |
| Slovene | spúžva(marine invertebrate) | — | |
| Spanish | cafiche(slang: person who takes advantage of the generosity of others), esponja(marine invertebrate), esponja(piece of porous material used for washing), gorrón(slang: person who takes advantage of the generosity of others), cafichear(to take advantage of others), comer la sopa boba(to take advantage of others), gallofear(to take advantage of others), gorronear(to take advantage of others) | — | |
| Swahili | sifongo(piece of porous material used for washing), sponji(piece of porous material used for washing) | — | |
| Swedish | snylta(slang: person who takes advantage of the generosity of others), spongier(marine invertebrate), svampdjur(marine invertebrate), tvättsvamp(piece of porous material used for washing), parasitera(to take advantage of others), snylta(to take advantage of others), tatta(to take advantage of others) | — | |
| Tagalog | espongha(marine invertebrate), espongha(piece of porous material used for washing) | — | |
| Telugu | స్పాంజి(marine invertebrate) | spāñji | |
| Thai | ฟองน้ำ(marine invertebrate), ฟองน้ำ(piece of porous material used for washing) | fɔɔng-náam, fɔɔng-náam | |
| Tibetan | ཞ་འཐེན(piece of porous material used for washing) | — | |
| Turkish | sünger(marine invertebrate), sünger(piece of porous material used for washing), sünger(porous material) | — | |
| Ukrainian | гу́бка(marine invertebrate), гу́бка(piece of porous material used for washing) | húbka, húbka | |
| Urdu | اِسْفَن٘ج(marine invertebrate), سِپَن٘ج(piece of porous material used for washing) | isfañj, sipañj | |
| Uzbek | gubka(piece of porous material used for washing) | — | |
| Venetan | sponga(marine invertebrate), sponxa(marine invertebrate) | — | |
| Vietnamese | bọt biển(marine invertebrate), bọt biển(piece of porous material used for washing) | — | |
| Welsh | sbwng(piece of porous material used for washing), ysbwng(piece of porous material used for washing) | — | |
| West-Frisian | spûns(marine invertebrate) | — | |
| Yiddish | שוואָם(marine invertebrate) | shvom |
sfungjer
إسفنج, إسفنجة, إِسْفَنْج, سَفِنْج, سِفِنج, سِفِنجة
ʔisfinj, ʔisfinja, ʔisfanj, safing, sifinj, sifinja
esponxa, esponxa, esponxa
belaki, belaki
esponja, esponja, esponja, esponjar, gorrejar
houba, houba, houba, houba, houbovec, mořská houba
svamp, svamp
spons
spongo, spongo
käsn, käsn, nuustik, švamm
ehkäisysieni, kärki, pesusieni, puhdistustanko, pummi, sieni, sieni, sieni, sienieläin, siipeilijä, siipiveikko, puhdistaa sienellä, siipeillä
ivrogne, soulard, éponge, éponge, éponger
sponge, sponze
esponxa, esponxa, esponxa
Schnorrer, Schwamm, Schwamm, schnorren
huʻa kai, huʻahuʻa kai, huʻakai, huʻakai
szivacs, szivacs, szivacsanyag
svampur, svampur
sponjo
bunga karang, spons
spugna, spugna, spugna
spongia, spongia, parasītor
sūklis
durlė, kempinė, pintis
bunga karang, span
kōpūpūtai, kōtare, kōtaretare, muremure, pūngorungoru, kaimātai, kaipaoke, opeope
limw
táłtłʼááh yilcháazhii, tó yitsʼǫǫsí
êponge, êponge, êpongi
lûfik, sunger, sunger, îsfenc, îsfenc, îsfenc
svamp, svamp
esponga, esponja
Schwom, Schwom, Sponzh
gąbka, gąbka
esponja, esponja
puqyala
burete, burete, spongie
ба́нник, гу́бка, гу́бка, гу́бка, дармое́д, моча́лка, нахле́бник, парази́т, прижива́л, тунея́дец, «дои́ть», «соса́ть», паразити́ровать, чи́стить гу́бкой
bánnik, gúbka, gúbka, gúbka, darmojéd, močálka, naxlébnik, parazít, priživál, tunejádec, parazitírovatʹ, čístitʹ gúbkoj
spȕžva, spȕžva, sùnđer, {{t+|sh|sùnđer|m}, спу̏жва, спу̏жва, су̀нђер, су̀нђер
sfincia, sponza, spugna (Italianization)
hubka
spúžva
cafiche, esponja, esponja, gorrón, cafichear, comer la sopa boba, gallofear, gorronear
sifongo, sponji
snylta, spongier, svampdjur, tvättsvamp, parasitera, snylta, tatta
espongha, espongha
ཞ་འཐེན
sünger, sünger, sünger
gubka
sponga, sponxa
bọt biển, bọt biển
sbwng, ysbwng
spûns
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.