limpieza de sangre

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “cleanliness of the blood”.

Noun

limpieza de sangre f (uncountable)

1. pure (usually Iberian) Christian ancestry, absent Muslim or Jewish blood

Related terms

• limpeza de sangue

 

Further reading

• “limpieza de sangre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10