roña

Meaning

1. (feminine) dirt; grime
2. (feminine) rust
3. (feminine) meanness
4. (feminine) mange (disease)
5. (feminine) grudge (against someone)
6. (feminine) trick

Concepts

rust

scab

scabies

mange

itch

mustiness

grime

stinginess

meanness

mold

mould

must

Synonyms

sarna

moho

herrumbre

orín

roya

buba

desaseo

malhumor

tiña

verdín

ronca

lentitud deliberada

pereza en extremo desgane

costra

ruga

grano

Hyphenated as

ro‧ña

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈroɲa/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: arānea

Cognate with Portuguese: ronha

Cognate with Galician: raña

Cognate with Catalan: ronya

Cognate with French: rogne

Cognate with Italian: rogna

Cognate with Sicilian: rugna

Cognate with Romanian: râie

In summary

From Latin aerūginem (“rust”), from aes, aeris (“bronze”) + -ūgō (forms nouns denoting superficial coatings). Or maybe linked to a Vulgar Latin *ronea or *aronea, from Latin arānea (“spiderweb”) (perhaps with influence from another word, such as rōbīgō (“rust”), rubea (“reddish”), or rōdō (“gnaw”)), and thus would be a doublet of araña. Compare Portuguese ronha, Galician raña, Catalan ronya, French rogne, Italian rogna, Sicilian rugna; cf. also Romanian râie.