# 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: /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:
    a vida deste mundo non he mays que a tea da aranna que tanto que a tange alguna coussa, logo he quebrantadathe life in this world is but the web of the spider, that breaks as soon as something touches it
* (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, 2012–2025

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Spanish araña and Portuguese aranha and Kabuverdianu aranha .

### Noun

araña
* spider

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈɾaɲa/ [aˈɾa.ɲa]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* 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

* araña de luces
* araña de mar
* araña patona
* araña saltarina
* arañero
* arañita
* echar la araña
* lámpara de araña
* mono araña
* tela de araña
* telaraña

##### Related terms

* arácnido
* musaraña

##### 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10