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Translation of sangre in English:
sangre
blood, n.
feminine noun
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Biologyblooddonar / dar sangre — to give blood- una transfusión de sangre — a blood transfusion
- me corté pero no me salió sangre or no me hice sangre — I cut myself but it didn't bleed
- le pegó hasta hacerle sangre — he hit her until she bled
- la sangre le salía a borbotones — (the) blood was pouring / gushing from him
- te sale sangre de / por la nariz — your nose is bleeding
- con los ojos inyectados en sangre — with bloodshot eyes
- la sangre de Cristo — the blood of Christ
- no hubo derramamiento de sangre — there was no bloodshed
- corrió mucha sangre — there was a lot of bloodshed
- animales de sangre fría/caliente — cold-blooded/warm-blooded animals
- andar con/tener (la) sangre en el ojo — to bear a grudge
- a sangre y fuego — with great violence
- chuparle la sangre a algn — (hacerle pasar malos ratos) to cause sb a lot of heartache
- irse en sangre — to lose a lot of blood
- lavar algo con sangre — to avenge sth with blood
- me hierve/hirvió la sangre — it makes/made my blood boil
- me/le bullía la sangre en las venas — I/he was bursting with youthful vigor
- no llegar la sangre al río
- se gritaron mucho, pero no llegó la sangre al río — there was a lot of shouting, but it didn't go beyond that
- tener sangre en las venas — to have initiative
- no tener sangre en las venas — to be unemotional
- pedir sangre — to bay for blood
- sangre, sudor y lágrimas — blood, sweat and tears
- le costó sangre, sudor y lágrimas, pero al final lo consiguió — he sweated blood but he succeeded in the end / he succeeded in the end but only after much blood, sweat and tears
- se me/le fue la sangre a los pies — my/his blood ran cold
- se me/le heló la sangre (en las venas) — my/his blood ran cold
- se me/le sube la sangre a la cabeza — it gets my/his blood up / it makes me/him see red
- sudar sangre — to sweat blood
- tener la sangre ligera / (Mexico) ser de sangre ligera / (Chile) ser liviano de sangre — to be easygoing
- tener la sangre pesada / (Mexico) ser de sangre pesada / (Chile) ser pesado de sangre — to be a nasty character / a nasty piece of work
- tener (la) sangre de horchata / (Mexico) atole — to be cool / coolheaded
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(linaje)bloodera de sangre noble — he was of noble blood / birth- tiene sangre de reyes — she has royal blood
- es de sangre mestiza — he is of mixed race
- no desprecies a los de tu misma sangre — don't despise your own kind / your own
- no son de la misma sangre — they are not from the same family
- la sangre tira — blood is thicker than water
- tiene / lleva sangre torera en las venas — bullfighting is in his blood
- llevar / (Mexico) traer algo en la sangre — to have sth in one's blood
- lo lleva en la sangre — it's in his blood
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