sangusuela
Old Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom Latin sanguisūga (“leech”) + -uela (diminutive).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsangusuela f (plural sangusuelas)
- leech
- Idem, f. 56r.
- Et fallan la ſiempre en forma de redoma ⁊ parece dentro en ella figura de ſanguſuela. ⁊ ſi la quebrantan en cada pedaço fallá otro tal.
- And they always find it shaped like a vase, and inside it seems to have what looks like a leech, and if they break it, in each piece they find the same.
Descendants
edit- Spanish: sanguijuela