sanguja
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin sanguisūga (“leech”, literally “bloodsucker”) (compare French sangsue, Italian sanguisuga, Portuguese sanguessuga), from sanguis (“blood”) + sūgō (“to suck”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sanˈɡuxa/ [sãŋˈɡu.xa]
- Rhymes: -uxa
- Syllabification: san‧gu‧ja
Noun
sanguja f (plural sangujas)
- leech (animal)
- Synonyms: sanguijuela, hirudíneo
Derived terms
- sanguijuela f
Further reading
- “sanguja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014