sanguino

See also: sanguinò and sangüino

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsan.ɡwi.no/
• Rhymes: -anɡwino
• Hyphenation: sàn‧gui‧no

Verb

sanguino

1. first-person singular present indicative of sanguinare

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥der.

Proto-Italic *sangwens

Latin sanguī̆s

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin sanguinō

From sanguī̆s (“blood”) + -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsaŋ.ɡʷɪ.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsaŋ.ɡʷi.no]

Verb

sanguinō (present infinitive sanguināre, perfect active sanguināvī, supine sanguinātum); first conjugation

1. (intransitive)
   1. to bleed
   2. (figurative) to be bloodthirsty
   3. (figurative) to be blood-colored
2. (transitive)
   1. to bloody (someone); to make (someone) bleed
   2. to make (something) bloody; to soak (something) in blood

Conjugation

   Conjugation of sanguinō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	sanguinō		sanguinās		sanguinat		sanguināmus		sanguinātis		sanguinant
	imperfect	sanguinābam		sanguinābās		sanguinābat		sanguinābāmus		sanguinābātis		sanguinābant
	future	sanguinābō		sanguinābis		sanguinābit		sanguinābimus		sanguinābitis		sanguinābunt
	perfect	sanguināvī		sanguināvistī, sanguināstī1		sanguināvit, sanguināt1		sanguināvimus, sanguināmus1		sanguināvistis, sanguināstis1		sanguināvērunt, sanguinārunt, sanguināvēre1
	pluperfect	sanguināveram, sanguināram1		sanguināverās, sanguinārās1		sanguināverat, sanguinārat1		sanguināverāmus, sanguinārāmus1		sanguināverātis, sanguinārātis1		sanguināverant, sanguinārant1
	future perfect	sanguināverō, sanguinārō1		sanguināveris, sanguināris1		sanguināverit, sanguinārit1		sanguināverimus, sanguinārimus1		sanguināveritis, sanguināritis1		sanguināverint, sanguinārint1
passive	present	sanguinor		sanguināris, sanguināre		sanguinātur		sanguināmur		sanguināminī		sanguinantur
	imperfect	sanguinābar		sanguinābāris, sanguinābāre		sanguinābātur		sanguinābāmur		sanguinābāminī		sanguinābantur
	future	sanguinābor		sanguināberis, sanguinābere		sanguinābitur		sanguinābimur		sanguinābiminī		sanguinābuntur
	perfect	sanguinātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	sanguinātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	sanguinātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	sanguinem		sanguinēs		sanguinet		sanguinēmus		sanguinētis		sanguinent
	imperfect	sanguinārem		sanguinārēs		sanguināret		sanguinārēmus		sanguinārētis		sanguinārent
	perfect	sanguināverim, sanguinārim1		sanguināverīs, sanguinārīs1		sanguināverit, sanguinārit1		sanguināverīmus, sanguinārīmus1		sanguināverītis, sanguinārītis1		sanguināverint, sanguinārint1
	pluperfect	sanguināvissem, sanguināssem1		sanguināvissēs, sanguināssēs1		sanguināvisset, sanguināsset1		sanguināvissēmus, sanguināssēmus1		sanguināvissētis, sanguināssētis1		sanguināvissent, sanguināssent1
passive	present	sanguiner		sanguinēris, sanguinēre		sanguinētur		sanguinēmur		sanguinēminī		sanguinentur
	imperfect	sanguinārer		sanguinārēris, sanguinārēre		sanguinārētur		sanguinārēmur		sanguinārēminī		sanguinārentur
	perfect	sanguinātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	sanguinātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		sanguinā		—		—		sanguināte		—
	future	—		sanguinātō		sanguinātō		—		sanguinātōte		sanguinantō
passive	present	—		sanguināre		—		—		sanguināminī		—
	future	—		sanguinātor		sanguinātor		—		—		sanguinantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		sanguināre			sanguinārī			sanguināns			—
future		sanguinātūrum esse			sanguinātum īrī			sanguinātūrus			sanguinandus
perfect		sanguināvisse, sanguināsse1			sanguinātum esse			—			sanguinātus
future perfect		—			sanguinātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		sanguinātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		sanguinandī		sanguinandō		sanguinandum		sanguinandō		sanguinātum		sanguinātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Descendants

• Balkano-Romance:
  • Aromanian: sãndzinedz, sãndzinari
  • Romanian: sângera, sângerare
• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Istriot: sanguinà
  • Italian: sanguinare
    • → Sicilian: sanguinari
  • Sicilian: sanguniari
  • Venetan: sanguenar
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: sanganâ
  • Ladin: sangonèr, sangoné
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Piedmontese: sagné, seinar
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: sagnar, sagner, sègner, ségner, sègnar, ségnar, ségnir, sagnir (most dialects)

    Savoyard: sèigner, sainer

    Valdôtain: séinèr, sèiner, séinar, sinnèr

  • Old French: saignier (see there for further descendants)
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: sagnar

    Mallorquí sainar

  • Occitan: sagnar (all dialects)

    Auvergnat: sanhar, sannhar

    Gascon: sainar

    Limousin: sannhar, sangar

    Provençal: saunar, sonar

    Vivaro-Alpine: sanhar

• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: sangrar
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: sangar
  • Old Spanish: sangrar
    • Spanish: sangrar
    • → Old Galician-Portuguese: sangrar
      • Galician: sangrar
      • Portuguese: sangrar
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: sambenàre, sambenàri, sangunai

References

• “sanguino”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sanguino”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• sanguino in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “sanguino”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• sangüino (pre-1990 spelling)
• sangùino (pre-reform spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sɐ̃ˈɡwĩ.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sɐ̃ˈɡwĩ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sɐ̃ˈɡwi.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐ̃ˈɡwi.nu/

• Hyphenation: san‧gui‧no

Adjective

sanguino (feminine sanguina, masculine plural sanguinos, feminine plural sanguinas)

1. alternative form of sanguíneo

Further reading

• “sanguino”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sanguino”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Adjective

sanguino (feminine sanguina, masculine plural sanguinos, feminine plural sanguinas)

1. (relational) blood, sanguine

Further reading

• “sanguino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “sanguino”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA

• “sanguino”, in Diccionario del estudiante [Dictionary of the Student] (in Spanish), third edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2016