maraña
Spanish, noun/maˈɾaɲa/
maraña is spelled M-A-R-A-Ñ-A (6 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 34,480th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maraña is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “tangle, muddle, jumble, snarl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Espesura intransitable que forma la muchedumbre de arbustos, como zarzales, jarales, etc”.
What does maraña mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetangle, muddle, jumble, snarl
- 2
femininethicket
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espesura intransitable que forma la muchedumbre de arbustos, como zarzales, jarales, etc. 2. Conjunto de hebras bastas, enredadas y de grueso desigual que forman la parte exterior de los capullos de seda, que es preciso apartar al hacer el hilado, y las cuales se emplean en tejidos de inferior calidad. 3. Tejido hecho con esta maraña. 4. Coscoja (árbol).
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of maraña
- marañas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maraña?
- /maˈɾaɲa/
- [maˈɾa.ɲa]
- [maˈɾaɲa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maraña
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maraña in Spanish?
maraña appears 1.0 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).