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Spanish
Etymology
From estangurria, from Old Spanish estrangurria, itself borrowed from Latin stranguria, which is in itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek στραγγουρία (strangouría).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /anˈɡurja/
- Rhymes: -urja
- Syllabification: an‧gu‧rria
Noun
angurria f (plural angurrias)
- (Latin America) famishing hunger
- (Latin America) great anxiety
2016 December 11, “La sigilosa mano de Máximo”, in Clarin:Estos responsabilizan al Frente Renovador por una angurria insostenible para el nivel de déficit fiscal presente.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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