sangue

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sangue, sangui (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin sanguinem.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaŋɡe/ [ˈs̺ɑŋ.ɡɪ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈsaŋɡe/ [ˈs̺ɑŋ.ɡɪ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈsaŋħe/ [ˈs̺ɑŋ.ħɪ]

 

• Rhymes: -aŋɡe

• Rhymes: -aŋɡe
• Rhymes: -aŋħe

• Hyphenation: san‧gue

Noun

sangue m (plural sangues)

1. blood
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 112:

     Et tãto era o sangue dos mouros que y morrerõ que nadauã os caualos en el ata as çenllas.

     And so much was the blood of the Moors that died there that the horses swam in it till their girths

2. (figurative) lineage

   Synonyms: liñaxe, fruxe

   • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 674:

     por que veño de seu sangue, que soo seu bisneto

     because I come from his blood, since I'm his great-grandson

Related terms

• samesuga
• sangrar
• sangría
• sanguento
• sanguiño

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “sangue”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “sangue”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sangue”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “sangue”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “sangue”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “sangue”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “sangue”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin sanguem, alteration of Classical Latin sanguinem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én-, oblique stem of *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”). Compare French sang, Romanian sânge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsan.ɡwe/

• Audio (female voice "il sangue"):

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• Audio (male voice):

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• Rhymes: -anɡwe
• Hyphenation: sàn‧gue

Noun

sangue m (plural sangui)

1. (uncountable) blood (vital liquid)
2. (figurative, uncountable) blood (temper of mind)
3. (figurative, uncountable) blood (family relation)
4. (rarely in the plural) family, bloodline

Usage notes

• Usually singular only.

Related terms

• a sangue
• battesimo di sangue
• dissanguare
• insanguinare
• mezzo sangue
• puro sangue
• sangue blu
• sangue del proprio sangue
• sangue freddo
• sangue misto, sanguemisto
• sanguifero
• sanguificare
• sanguigna
• sanguigno
• sanguinare
• sanguinario
• sanguinella
• sanguineo
• sanguinoso
• sanguisuga
• vincolo di sangue

Adjective

sangue (invariable)

1. only used in rosso sangue

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sangue, sangui, from Latin sanguinem m, from older sanguen, from *san-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én-, oblique stem of *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”). Compare Galician sangue m, Spanish sangre f, Italian sangue m, French sang m.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃.ɡi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃.ɡi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃.ɡe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃.ɡɨ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐ̃ɡɨ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃ɡi, (Southern Brazil) -ɐ̃ɡe
• Hyphenation: san‧gue

Noun

sangue m (plural sangues)

1. blood (vital liquid flowing in human and animal bodies)
2. blood (family relationship due to birth, e.g. between siblings)

Derived terms

• banho de sangue
• dar sangue
• deitar sangue
• derramamento de sangue
• diamante de sangue
• exame de sangue
• imposto de sangue
• irmão de sangue
• o sangue é mais grosso que a água
• sangue arterial
• sangue azul
• sangue do meu sangue
• sangue nos olhos
• sangue ruim
• sangue venoso
• sangue-de-adão
• sangue-de-drago
• sangue-frio
• sanguento
• sanguinho (diminutive)
• ter sangue na guelra

Related terms

• ensanguentar
• sangrar
• sangrento
• sangria
• sanguessuga
• sanguinário
• sanguíneo

Descendants

• → Itsekiri: isangí

Further reading

• “sangue”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “sangue”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “sangue”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Venetan

Etymology

From Late Latin sanguem, alteration of Latin sanguinem. Compare Italian sangue.

Noun

sangue m (plural sangui)

1. blood

Related terms

• sanguenar