aranha

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

Inherited from Portuguese aranha.

Noun

aranha

1. spider

Occitan

Alternative forms

• aragno (Mistralian)
• estariganha

Etymology

Inherited from Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin arānea (“spider”). Compare Catalan aranya, French araignée. Probably a doublet of ronha, from a Vulgar Latin derivative.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈraɲo]

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Noun

aranha f (plural aranhas)

1. spider

Portuguese

aranha (Eriophora transmarina)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aranna (“spider”), from Latin arānea (“spider”). Compare Galician araña and Spanish araña. Probably a doublet of ronha, from a Vulgar Latin derivative.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾɐ̃.ɲɐ/ [aˈɾɐ̃.j̃ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾɐ̃.ɲɐ/ [aˈɾɐ̃.j̃ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾɐ.ɲa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɾɐ.ɲɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɾɐ.ɲɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɾa.ɲɐ/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐɲɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃ɲɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧ra‧nha

Noun

aranha f (plural aranhas)

1. spider
2. (Brazil, slang) vulva, vagina, especially when hairy

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina

Derived terms

• aranha-bode
• aranha-caranguejeira
• aranha-caranguejo
• aranha-de-água
• aranha-de-coco
• aranha-do-mar
• aranha-do-travão
• aranhaçu
• aranhagato
• aranhão
• aranhar
• aranheira
• aranheiro
• aranhense
• aranhento
• aranhiço
• aranhol
• aranhola
• aranhoso
• aranhota
• aranhuço
• aranhuçu

 

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: aranha
• Papiamentu: araña