entraña

Attested since circa 1370. From Latin interānea, from the plural of Latin interāneum (“gut, intestine”), substantive of interāneus (“internal, inward”). Compare Portuguese entranha, Spanish entraña, Catalan entranya, and French entrailles.

• IPA^(key): [enˈtɾaɲɐ]

entraña f (plural entrañas)

1. (anatomy) bowel

   Synonym: víscera

2. (usually in the plural) bowels (seat of emotions)
3. (usually in the plural, by extension) gut, essence, core

   Synonym: cerne

• entrañar

entraña

1. inflection of entrañar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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

• IPA^(key): /enˈtɾaɲa/ [ẽn̪ˈt̪ɾa.ɲa]
• Rhymes: -aɲa
• Syllabification: en‧tra‧ña

Inherited from Latin interānea, from the plural of interāneum (“gut, intestine”), substantive of interāneus (“internal, inward”). Compare Portuguese entranha, Catalan entranya, French entrailles and English entrails.

entraña f (plural entrañas)

1. bowel
2. (usually in the plural, educated) bowels (seat of emotions)
3. (usually in the plural) gut, essence, core

entraña

1. inflection of entrañar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “entraña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024