"greña" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

Forms: greñas [plural]
Etymology: Back-formation from Old Spanish greñon, from Medieval Latin grenniōnem, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *grendo- (“mustache, beard”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰren- (“facial hair”). Compare Middle Irish grend, Irish greann. Etymology templates: {{der|es|osp|greñon}} Old Spanish greñon, {{der|es|ML.|*grenniō|grenniōnem}} Medieval Latin grenniōnem, {{der|es|cel-pro|*grendo-||mustache, beard}} Proto-Celtic *grendo- (“mustache, beard”), {{der|es|ine-pro|*gʰren-|t=facial hair}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰren- (“facial hair”), {{cog|mga|grend}} Middle Irish grend, {{cog|ga|greann}} Irish greann Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} greña f (plural greñas)
  1. tangled mess of hair Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Hair
    Sense id: en-greña-es-noun-H5yQrUJI Disambiguation of Hair: 94 6 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 71 29
  2. entanglement Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-greña-es-noun-lhsWTyPr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: a la greña, agarrarse de las greñas, andar a la greña

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "a la greña"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "agarrarse de las greñas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "andar a la greña"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "osp",
        "3": "greñon"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Spanish greñon",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "*grenniō",
        "4": "grenniōnem"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin grenniōnem",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*grendo-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "mustache, beard"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *grendo- (“mustache, beard”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʰren-",
        "t": "facial hair"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʰren- (“facial hair”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "grend"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish grend",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "greann"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish greann",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from Old Spanish greñon, from Medieval Latin grenniōnem, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *grendo- (“mustache, beard”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰren- (“facial hair”). Compare Middle Irish grend, Irish greann.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "greñas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "greña f (plural greñas)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "65 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Hair",
          "orig": "es:Hair",
          "parents": [
            "Body parts",
            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "All topics",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Fundamental",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "Health"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tangled mess of hair"
      ],
      "id": "en-greña-es-noun-H5yQrUJI",
      "links": [
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "entanglement"
      ],
      "id": "en-greña-es-noun-lhsWTyPr",
      "links": [
        [
          "entanglement",
          "entanglement"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "greña"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Spanish countable nouns",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish feminine nouns",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish nouns",
    "Spanish terms derived from Medieval Latin",
    "Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish",
    "Spanish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "es:Hair"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "a la greña"
    },
    {
      "word": "agarrarse de las greñas"
    },
    {
      "word": "andar a la greña"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "osp",
        "3": "greñon"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Spanish greñon",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "*grenniō",
        "4": "grenniōnem"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin grenniōnem",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*grendo-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "mustache, beard"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *grendo- (“mustache, beard”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʰren-",
        "t": "facial hair"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʰren- (“facial hair”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "grend"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish grend",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "greann"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish greann",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from Old Spanish greñon, from Medieval Latin grenniōnem, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *grendo- (“mustache, beard”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰren- (“facial hair”). Compare Middle Irish grend, Irish greann.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "greñas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "greña f (plural greñas)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tangled mess of hair"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "entanglement"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "entanglement",
          "entanglement"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "greña"
}

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