spugna
sponge
noun SPOO-nyah Rare
Origin: From Latin 'spongia', from Greek 'spongos'.
Usage Note
Spugna refers both to a natural sea sponge and to a household cleaning sponge. The sponge-cake sense uses the separate phrase pan di Spagna (literally 'bread of Spain'), not spugna. The idiom bere come una spugna (to drink like a sponge) means to drink heavily. Plural: le spugne.
Examples
"Pulisci il tavolo con la spugna bagnata."
Natural Translation
Clean the table with the wet sponge.

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