maraña

See also: marana and maraṇa

Galician

Alternative forms

• maranha (reintegrationist)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “maraña”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “marana”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “maraña”, 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), “maraña”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “maraña”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Probably from Iberian. Also see maraña#Galician

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28