araña

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See also: arana, aranã, and arañá

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin arānea. Compare roña.

Noun

araña f (plural arañes)

  1. spider

Galician

Araña

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese aranna (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin arānea. Probably a doublet of raña.

Cognate with Portuguese aranha and Spanish araña.

Pronunciation

Noun

araña f (plural arañas)

  1. spider
    • 1348, J. Méndez Pérez & al. (eds.), El monasterio de San Salvador de Chantada, Santiago de Compostela: I. Padre Sarmiento, page 327:
      a vida deste mundo non he mays que a tea da aranna que tanto que a tange alguna coussa, logo he quebrantada
      the life in this world is but the web of the spider, that breaks as soon as something touches it
  2. (figurative) a slow worker

Derived terms

References

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish araña and Portuguese aranha and Kabuverdianu aranha .

Noun

araña

  1. spider

Spanish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈɾaɲa/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɲa
  • Syllabification: a‧ra‧ña

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish aranna, from Latin arānea (compare French araignée, Catalan aranya, Portuguese aranha), from arāneus (spider). Probably a doublet of roña.

Noun

araña f (plural arañas)

  1. spider
    Hypernym: arácnido
  2. chandelier
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

araña

  1. inflection of arañar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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