toronja

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• toranja

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈɾõ.ʒɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuˈɾõ.ʒɐ/

• Hyphenation: to‧ron‧ja

Noun

toronja f (plural toronjas)

1. 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

Common names for grapefruit in the Spanish-speaking world

Etymology

Etymology tree

Aramaic אַתְרוּגָּא (ʾaṯruggā, ʾaṯrungā)bor.

Arabic أُتْرُنْج (ʔutrunj)

Arabic تُرُنْجَة (turunja)bor.

Spanish toronja

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), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025