maraña

See also: maraṇa

Galician

Alternative forms

• maranha (Reintegrationist)

Etymology

Unknown. Attested since the 14th century; probably from a substrate language; perhaps related to French baragne (“hedge, net”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈɾaɲa̝/

Noun

maraña f (plural marañas)

1. skein of crude flax or tow yarn

   Synonyms: madeixa, meada

   • 1348, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 152:

     acharedes en casa na mia ucha cinquoeenta uaras de lenço que seen ordidas et cinquo maranas de fiado cruu et tres de cozido

     you'll find at my in home in my chest fifty yards of cloth with are woven and five skeins of crude yarn and three of whitened ones

2. brushwood; underbrush

   Synonym: broza

3. (botany) green algae of species Cladophora rupestris

Derived terms

• marañón

References

• “maraña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “marana” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “maraña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “maraña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “maraña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

Probably from Iberian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈɾaɲa/ [maˈɾa.ɲa]
• Rhymes: -aɲa
• Syllabification: ma‧ra‧ña

Noun

maraña f (plural marañas)

1. thicket
2. tangle, muddle, jumble, snarl

Derived terms

• enmarañar

 

References

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Further reading

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