sangriento

/sanˈɡɾjento/ · B2 · adj

bloody, blood

🩸 sangre (blood) + -iento (full of) = full of blood, bloody

From Latin sanguis, blood, which also gives English sanguine and sanguinary. The suffix -iento means full of, as in hambriento (hungry, full of hunger) and sediento (thirsty). Feminine form: sangrienta.

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