araña

== Asturian == === Etymology === From Latin arānea. Compare roña. === Noun === araña f (plural arañes) spider == Galician == === Alternative forms === aranha (reintegrationist) === 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 === IPA(key): /aˈɾaɲa̝/ === 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: (figurative) a slow worker ==== Derived terms ==== arañeira tea de araña === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “aranna”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “aranna”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega 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, 2012–2026 == Papiamentu == === Etymology === From Spanish araña and Portuguese aranha and Kabuverdianu aranha . === Noun === araña spider == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈɾaɲa/ [aˈɾa.ɲa] 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) spider Hypernym: arácnido chandelier ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== See also ===== arañar === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== araña inflection of arañar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “araña”, 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