ensanguentar

Attested since circa 1300. From en- +‎ sangue (“blood”) +‎ -entar or en- +‎ sanguento (“bloody”) +‎ -ar. Compare Spanish ensangrentar.

• IPA^(key): /ensaŋɡenˈtaɾ/, /ensaŋɡɛnˈtaɾ/

ensanguentar (first-person singular present ensanguento, first-person singular preterite ensanguentei, past participle ensanguentado)

1. to blood
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 480:

     Et alý ouuo muytas feridas de lanças et d'espadas, et muytos pendões ensangoentados, et muytos colpes esquiuos et desapostos, et muytos caualeyros mortos et aontados et fora das sellas.

     And there were many wounds of spears and swords, and many bloodied pennons, and many unruly and ugly blows, and many dead and shamed and unsaddled knights

• sangue

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ensanguentar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ensang”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ensanguentar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ensanguentar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

• ensangüentar (pre-1990 spelling)
• ensangùentar (pre-reform spelling)

• Hyphenation: en‧san‧guen‧tar

ensanguentar (first-person singular present ensanguento, first-person singular preterite ensanguentei, past participle ensanguentado)

1. to blood (to cause to be covered with blood)