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sangrar

to bleed

verb sahn-GRAHR Rare

Usage Note

Sangrar is used both literally (a wound bleeds) and figuratively — el presupuesto sangra means money is hemorrhaging from a budget. In printing and design contexts it also means 'to indent' a paragraph or 'to bleed' an image to the edge of a page, a technical sense learners often encounter before the literal one.

Examples

"La herida empezó a sangrar."

Natural Translation

The wound started to bleed.

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