sanguinolento

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]‎^[1]; republished in “Rime varie o di dubbia autenticitá”, in Lorenzo de' Medici il Magnifico - Opere‎^[2], 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

Related terms

• sangue

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/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐ̃.ɡi.nuˈlẽ.tu/

• 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/ [sãŋ.ɡi.noˈlẽn̪.t̪o]
• 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)

Further reading

• “sanguinolento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014