sangre
Meaning
-
blood
Frequency
Hyphenated as
san‧gre
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsanɡɾe/
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish sangne, from Latin sanguinem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én-, oblique stem of *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”). Compare Portuguese sangue, Catalan sang, French sang, Italian sangue, Romanian sânge. The reason for the change in gender is unclear.
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New
sangrar
- to bleed
- to indent (begin a line at a greater or lesser distance from the margin)
- to harvest resin by cutting a tree
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