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sangue

blood

noun SAHN-gweh Less Common

Origin: from Latin 'sanguis'

Usage Note

Sangue is masculine and normally uncountable. It lives in vivid idioms: a sangue freddo ('in cold blood'), avere il sangue caldo ('to be hot-tempered'), and al sangue on a menu means a steak cooked 'rare'.

Examples

"Il sangue è rosso."

Natural Translation

Blood is red.

Literal Translation

The blood is red.

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