entraña

See also: entrañá

Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1370. From Latin interānea, from the plural of Latin interāneum (“gut, intestine”), substantive of interāneus (“internal, inward”). Compare Portuguese entranha, Spanish entraña, Catalan entranya, and French entrailles.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [enˈtɾaɲɐ]

Noun

entraña f (plural entrañas)

1. (anatomy) bowel

   Synonym: víscera

2. (usually in the plural) bowels (seat of emotions)
3. (usually in the plural, by extension) gut, essence, core

   Synonym: cerne

Derived terms

• entrañar

Verb

entraña

1. inflection of entrañar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “entraña”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “entraña”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “entraña”, 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), “entraña”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enˈtɾaɲa/ [ẽn̪ˈt̪ɾa.ɲa]
• Rhymes: -aɲa
• Syllabification: en‧tra‧ña

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin interānea, from the plural of interāneum (“gut, intestine”), substantive of interāneus (“internal, inward”). Compare Portuguese entranha, Catalan entranya, French entrailles and English entrails.

Noun

entraña f (plural entrañas)

1. bowel
2. (usually in the plural, educated) bowels (seat of emotions)
3. (usually in the plural) gut, essence, core

Related terms

• desentrañar
• entrañar
• entre

Etymology 2

Verb

entraña

1. inflection of entrañar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “entraña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025