sanguja
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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]Noun
[edit]sanguja f (plural sangujas)
- leech (animal)
- Synonyms: sanguijuela, hirudíneo
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “sanguja”, 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