greña

1. (feminine) tangled mess of hair
2. (feminine) entanglement

Hyphenated as

gre‧ña

Etymology

Cognate with Middle Irish: grend

Cognate with Irish: greann

In summary

Back-formation from Old Spanish greñon, from Medieval Latin grenniōnem, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *grendo- (“mustache, beard”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰren- (“facial hair”). Compare Middle Irish grend, Irish greann.

Concepts

ruffled hair

enmeshment

entanglement

mane

dishevelled

mat of hair

see andar a la greña

shock of hair

mop of hair

Synonyms

cabello chascoso

cerda

melena

cabello crespo

cabello enmarañado

cabello ondulado

cabellos greñudos

cabello

cabello sucio y enredado

Translations

zerzaustes Haar

capelli arruffati

Verschlingung

Verschränkung

aggrovigliamento

avviluppamento

capelli crespi

attorcigliamento

capelli ricci

capelli ondulati

capelli scompigliati

capelli spettinati

splot

gmatwanina

plątanina