sanguja

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin sanguisūga (“leech”, literally “bloodsucker”) (compare French sangsue, Italian sanguisuga, Portuguese sanguessuga), from sanguis (“blood”) + sūgō (“to suck”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /sanˈɡuxa/ [sãŋˈɡu.xa]
Rhymes: -uxa
Syllabification: san‧gu‧ja

Noun edit

sanguja f (plural sangujas)

leech (animal)
Synonyms: sanguijuela, hirudíneo

Derived terms edit

sanguijuela f

Further reading edit

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

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