sanguinolento

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin sanguinolentus (“of blood”), from sanguis (“blood”) +‎ -olentus (“full of, abounding in”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /san.ɡwi.noˈlɛn.to/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnto
  • Hyphenation: san‧gui‧no‧lèn‧to

Adjective

sanguinolento (feminine sanguinolenta, masculine plural sanguinolenti, feminine plural sanguinolente)

  1. bloody, gory
    • c. 1477, Lorenzo de' Medici, La reietta [The outcast]‎; republished in “Rime varie o di dubbia autenticitá”, in Lorenzo de' Medici il Magnifico - Opere‎, Bari: Gius. Laterza & figli, 1913, page 266:
      Ma non sará sí presto il tuo cammino,
      ché ’l spirto mio verrá seguendo l’orma
      visibilmente sempre a te vicino:
      sanguinolenta in quella propria forma
      che con la cruda man morte mi diei
      But your path will not be so quick, for my spirit will follow the track, always visibly close to you: bloody, in the very form Death gave me through Its harsh hand
  2. bleeding
  3. rare, underdone (of meat)
    Synonym: al sangue
  4. (uncommon) blood red
  5. (figurative) bloody (characterized by bloodshed)
  6. (archaic) bloodthirsty, bloodlusty

References

  • sanguinolento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Adjective

sanguinolentō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sanguinolentus

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin sanguinolentus (“of blood”), from sanguis (“blood”) +‎ -olentus (“full of, abounding in”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /sɐ̃.ɡi.noˈlẽ.tu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /sɐ̃.ɡi.noˈlẽ.to/

  • Hyphenation: san‧gui‧no‧len‧to

Adjective

sanguinolento (feminine sanguinolenta, masculine plural sanguinolentos, feminine plural sanguinolentas)

  1. bloodthirsty (characterised by massive bloodshed)
    Synonyms: sangrento, sanguento
  2. sanguinolent (tinged with blood)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sanguinolentus (“of blood”), from sanguis (“blood”) +‎ -olentus (“full of, abounding in”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sanɡinoˈlento/
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: san‧gui‧no‧len‧to

Adjective

sanguinolento (feminine sanguinolenta, masculine plural sanguinolentos, feminine plural sanguinolentas)

  1. bloody, bleeding
    Synonyms: cruento, sangriento
  2. (of eyes) bloodshot
  3. rare, bloody (of steak)

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