entraña
Spanish, noun
entraña is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “bowel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of entrañar. With a tilde, entrañá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of entrañar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cada uno de los órganos contenidos en las principales cavidades del cuerpo humano y de los animales”.
What does entraña mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebowel
- 2
femininebowels (seat of emotions)
- 3
femininegut, essence, core
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of entrañar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cada uno de los órganos contenidos en las principales cavidades del cuerpo humano y de los animales. 2. Corte de carne que proviene del músculo del diafragma, específicamente en la parte interna de las costillas del animal. 3. Lo más intimo o esencial de una cosa o asunto.
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 entraña
- entrañas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to entraña
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entraña in Spanish?
entraña appears 1.1 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).