aranha

Galician

Noun

aranha f (plural aranhas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of araña

References

• “aranha”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

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/
• (Niçard) IPA^(key): [a.ˈʀa.ɲa], (Gavòt) [a.ˈʀaɲɔ], [a.ˈra.ɲɔ]
• (Grasse) IPA^(key): [a.ˈa.ɲa], (Castillon (06)) [a.ˈɹa.ɲa]

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Noun

aranha f (plural aranhas)

1. spider

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 69

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
• aranhinha / arainha
• aranhol
• aranhola
• aranhoso
• aranhota
• aranhuço
• aranhuçu

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: aranha
• Papiamentu: araña

Further reading

• “aranha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “aranha” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “aranha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “aranha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026