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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡanˈɡrɛ.na/
- Rhymes: -ɛna
- Hyphenation: gan‧grè‧na
Noun
gangrena f (plural gangrene)
- Alternative form of cancrena (“gangrene”)
Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin gangraena.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaŋˈɡrɛ.na/
- Rhymes: -ɛna
- Syllabification: gan‧gre‧na
Noun
gangrena f (related adjective gangrenowy)
- (uncountable, medicine) gangrene (necrosis or rotting of flesh, usually caused by lack of blood supply)
- Synonyms: gangrenacja, zgorzel
- (uncountable, figurative, literary) gangrene (damaging or corrupting influence)
- Synonyms: patologia, zepsucie, zgnilizna
- (countable, colloquial, derogatory, figurative) unpleasant or annoying person
- Synonym: łajdak
Declension
Derived terms
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Further reading
- gangrena in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- gangrena in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- gangrena in PWN's encyclopedia
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
gangrena f (plural gangrenas)
- gangrene (necrosis or rotting of flesh)
Etymology 2
Verb
gangrena
- inflection of gangrenar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Verb
a gangrena (third-person singular present gangrenează, past participle gangrenat) 1st conjugation
- Alternative form of cangrena
Conjugation
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡanˈɡɾena/
- Rhymes: -ena
- Syllabification: gan‧gre‧na
Etymology 1
Noun
gangrena f (plural gangrenas)
- gangrene
Etymology 2
Verb
gangrena
- inflection of gangrenar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading