raña

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) gully
2. (feminine) riprap, breakwater
3. (feminine) grump, moaner; whiner, grumbler
4. (feminine) rowan, service tree
5. (feminine) cheat, trick
6. (feminine) iron pronged fork
7. (feminine) mange, scabies

Adj

1. (feminine, masculine) whiner, grumbler
2. (feminine, masculine) moaner, grumpy

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of rañar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of rañar:

rañar

to scratch

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈraɲa̝/

Etymology

Cognate with Spanish: arañar

Cognate with Portuguese: arranhar

Inherited from Latin: arānea

Cognate with Romanian: râie

Cognate with Portuguese: ronha

Cognate with Spanish: roña

Cognate with Catalan: ronya

Cognate with French: rogne

Cognate with Italian: rogna

In summary

Uncertain. From the same origin of rañar, Spanish arañar and Portuguese arranhar.
Starting with the sense of "mange" or "scabies", more likely from Latin arānea (“spiderweb”), and thus a doublet of araña. Compare Romanian râie (“mange, scabies”), also Portuguese ronha, Spanish roña, Catalan ronya, French rogne, Italian rogna, all with the same meaning and derived from a related Vulgar Latin root *aronea or *ronea. Alternatively, possibly derived from the verb rañar.