gangrena

See also: gangrená and gangréna

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡanˈɡrɛ.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛna
• Hyphenation: gan‧grè‧na

Noun

gangrena f (plural gangrene)

1. Alternative form of cancrena (“gangrene”)

Anagrams

• gnagnera

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin gangraena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaŋˈɡrɛ.na/

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• Rhymes: -ɛna
• Syllabification: gan‧gre‧na

Noun

gangrena f (related adjective gangrenowy)

1. (uncountable, medicine) gangrene (necrosis or rotting of flesh, usually caused by lack of blood supply)

   Synonyms: gangrenacja, zgorzel

2. (uncountable, figurative, literary) gangrene (damaging or corrupting influence)

   Synonyms: patologia, zepsucie, zgnilizna

3. (countable, colloquial, derogatory, figurative) unpleasant or annoying person

   Synonym: łajdak

Declension

Declension of gangrena

	singular	plural
nominative	gangrena	gangreny
genitive	gangreny	gangren
dative	gangrenie	gangrenom
accusative	gangrenę	gangreny
instrumental	gangreną	gangrenami
locative	gangrenie	gangrenach
vocative	gangreno	gangreny

Derived terms

adjectives

• gangrenowaty

 

nouns

• gangrenacja

 

verbs

• gangrenować impf

 

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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ̃ˈɡɾẽ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ̃ˈɡɾẽ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ̃ˈɡɾe.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ̃ˈɡɾe.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: gan‧gre‧na

Etymology 1

Noun

gangrena f (plural gangrenas)

1. gangrene (necrosis or rotting of flesh)

Etymology 2

Verb

gangrena

1. inflection of gangrenar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Verb

a gangrena (third-person singular present gangrenează, past participle gangrenat) 1st conj.

1. Alternative form of cangrena

Conjugation

    conjugation of gangrena (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a gangrena
gerund			gangrenând
past participle			gangrenat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	gangrenez	gangrenezi	gangrenează	gangrenăm	gangrenați	gangrenează
	imperfect	gangrenam	gangrenai	gangrena	gangrenam	gangrenați	gangrenau
	simple perfect	gangrenai	gangrenași	gangrenă	gangrenarăm	gangrenarăți	gangrenară
	pluperfect	gangrenasem	gangrenaseși	gangrenase	gangrenaserăm	gangrenaserăți	gangrenaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să gangrenez	să gangrenezi	să gangreneze	să gangrenăm	să gangrenați	să gangreneze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		gangrenează			gangrenați
	negative		nu gangrena			nu gangrenați

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡanˈɡɾena/ [ɡãŋˈɡɾe.na]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: gan‧gre‧na

Etymology 1

Noun

gangrena f (plural gangrenas)

1. gangrene

Etymology 2

Verb

gangrena

1. inflection of gangrenar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “gangrena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16