almorrana

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *haemorrheuma, from Ancient Greek αἱμο- (haimo-, “blood”) + ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “stream, flow”), from ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow”). The first syllable was formed by analogy with other Spanish words borrowed from Arabic with the article اَل‎ (al-, “the”)[1]. Cognate with Galician almorrá, partly with Portuguese almorroida and almorreima, and possibly with Catalan morena.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /almoˈrana/

Noun

almorrana f (plural almorranas)

  1. (usually in plural) hemorrhoid, haemorrhoid, piles

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Tagalog: almurana

References
  1. Real Academia Española
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