roña
Asturian
editEtymology
editFrom Latin aerūgō, aerūginem (“rust”), from aes, aeris (“bronze”) + -ūgō (forms nouns denoting superficial coatings). Or maybe linked to a Vulgar Latin *ronea or *aronea, from Latin arānea (“spiderweb”) (perhaps with influence from another word, such as rōbīgō (“rust”), rubea (“reddish”), or rōdō (“gnaw”)); cf. araña.
Noun
editroña f (plural roñes)
Galician
editVerb
editroña
- inflection of roñar:
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom Latin aerūginem (“rust”), from aes, aeris (“bronze”) + -ūgō (forms nouns denoting superficial coatings). Or maybe linked to a Vulgar Latin *ronea or *aronea, from Latin arānea (“spiderweb”) (perhaps with influence from another word, such as rōbīgō (“rust”), rubea (“reddish”), or rōdō (“gnaw”)), and thus would be a doublet of araña. Compare Portuguese ronha, Galician raña, Catalan ronya, French rogne, Italian rogna, Sicilian rugna; cf. also Romanian râie.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editroña f (plural roñas)
- dirt; grime
- rust
- meanness
- Synonym: tacañería
- mange (disease)
- grudge (against someone)
- Synonym: ojeriza
- trick
Derived terms
editNoun
editroña m or f by sense (plural roñas)
Further reading
edit- “roña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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