Noun: sanguijuela
Gender: f
Hyphenation: san‧gui‧jue‧la
| Singular f | sanguijuela |
| Plural f | sanguijuelas |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like sanguijuela
enlatadora,
gencianilla,
paletada,
interneurona,
palestra,
quinacridona,
uridina,
bacinilla,
sopaipilla,
histerectomía,
desaveniencia,
baicaleína,
mesanina,
delicatessen,
hipertrigliceridemia,
teleasistencia,
sequía,
serifa,
seroja,
sesera, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish sangusuela (c. 1250, in Libro de los animales que caçan), from Latin sanguisūga (“leech”) + -uela (“diminutive suffix”). Less likely, from earlier sanguja (“leech”) + -uela. Note that sangusuela is attested earlier than sanguja (1494, in Vicente de Burgos). See: Old Spanish Nouns '
sangusuela', Old Spanish Nouns '
sangusuela'.
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