araña
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The word for spider is araña. It is the same in Mexico and everywhere else in Spanish.
Araña is used for any spider. The web is telaraña and a spiderweb corner in a house is often called telarañas.
Meaning: eight-legged arachnid (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
Araña is feminine, so you say una araña grande and las arañas.
Did you know?
- Araña also names a chandelier in Spanish, because the hanging arms look like spider legs.
Examples in context
- Hay una araña en la pared.There is a spider on the wall.
- Le tengo miedo a las arañas.I am afraid of spiders.
- Quita esa telaraña del techo.Remove that cobweb from the ceiling.
Example conversation
Marta screams when she sees a spider and her brother Nico comes to help in their house in Toluca.
- Marta¡Nico, hay una araña!Nico, there is a spider!
- NicoNo pasa nada, la saco.It is fine, I will take it out.
- MartaGracias, yo no me acerco.Thanks, I am not going near it.
