ponja
Spanish, noun/ˈponxa/
ponja is spelled P-O-N-J-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish, the 165,375th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ponja is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Japanese (a person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does ponja mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineJapanese (a person)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Originario, relativo a, o propio de Japón. 2. Originario, relativo a, o propio de Asia.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ponja
- ponjas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ponja?
- /ˈponxa/
- [ˈpõŋ.xa]
- [ˈpõŋxa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ponja
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ponja in Spanish?
ponja appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).