raña

See also: rana, Rana, raná, ranã, rană, rána, rână, råna, and raṇa

Galician

Etymology

Uncertain. From the same origin of rañar, Spanish arañar and Portuguese arranhar.

Starting with the sense of "mange" or "scabies", more likely from Latin arānea (“spiderweb”), and thus a doublet of araña. Compare Romanian râie (“mange, scabies”), also Portuguese ronha, Spanish roña, Catalan ronya, French rogne, Italian rogna, all with the same meaning and derived from a related Vulgar Latin root *aronea or *ronea. Alternatively, possibly derived from the verb rañar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraɲa̝/

Noun

raña f (plural rañas)

1. gully
2. riprap, breakwater
3. grump, moaner; whiner, grumbler
4. rowan, service tree
5. cheat, trick
6. iron pronged fork
7. mange, scabies

Derived terms

• Raña
• Rañadoiro
• rañar
• Rañó
• Rañoa

Adjective

raña m or f (plural rañas)

1. whiner, grumbler
2. moaner, grumpy

Verb

raña

1. third-person singular present indicative of rañar
2. second-person singular imperative of rañar

References

• “raña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “raña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “raña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Noun

raña f (plural rañas)

1. a sediment of clayey quartzite

Further reading

• “raña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014