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roña.

dirt; grime

4 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈroɲa/[ˈro.ɲa]

  1. dirt; grime

    feminine

  2. rust

    feminine

  3. meanness

    feminine

  4. mange (disease)

    feminine

  5. grudge (against someone)

    feminine

  6. trick

    feminine
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/ˈroɲa/[ˈro.ɲa]

  1. mean person; grouch

    by-personal-gender · feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

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.

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