tiña
tiña
∗tiña
feminine noun
1ringworm (medicine)
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tiña [tee’-nyah]
noun
1Scalled-head, ring-worm of the scalp, favus. (f)
2Want, indigence, wretchedness. (Colloquial) (f)
3Meanness (tacañería), close-fistedness. (f)
4Small spider which injures beehives. (f)
It forms yellow crusts.
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