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Galician
Etymology
Unknown. Attested since the 14th century; probably from a substrate language; perhaps related to French baragne (“hedge, net”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
maraña f (plural marañas)
- skein of crude flax or tow yarn
- Synonyms: madeixa, meada
1348, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 152:acharedes en casa na mia ucha cinquoeenta uaras de lenço que seen ordidas et cinquo maranas de fiado cruu et tres de cozido- you'll find at my in home in my chest fifty yards of cloth with are woven and five skeins of crude yarn and three of whitened ones
- brushwood; underbrush
- Synonym: broza
- (botany) green algae of species Cladophora rupestris
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “maraña”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “marana”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “maraña”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “maraña”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “maraña”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
Etymology
Probably from Iberian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈɾaɲa/
- Rhymes: -aɲa
- Syllabification: ma‧ra‧ña
Noun
maraña f (plural marañas)
- thicket
- tangle, muddle, jumble, snarl
Derived terms
References
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
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