araña
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Etymology
Noun
araña f (plural arañes)
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)
- 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
- 1348, J. Méndez Pérez & al. (eds.), El monasterio de San Salvador de Chantada, Santiago de Compostela: I. Padre Sarmiento, page 327:
- (figurative) a slow worker
Derived terms
- arañeira
- tea de araña
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “aranna”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “aranna”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “araña”, 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), “araña”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “araña”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- “araña”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Etymology
From Spanish araña and Portuguese aranha and Kabuverdianu aranha .
Noun
araña
Pronunciation
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)
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
araña
- inflection of arañar:
Further reading
- “araña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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