sanguessuga

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin sanguisūga (literally “bloodsucker”), from sanguis (“blood”) + sūgō (“suck”). Displaced inherited samessuga, still used dialectally in Portugal.

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌsɐ̃.ɡiˈsu.ɡɐ/
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌsɐ̃.ɡeˈsu.ɡa/
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌsɐ̃.ɡɨˈsu.ɡɐ/ [ˌsɐ̃.ɡɨˈsu.ɣɐ]

    • Rhymes: -uɡɐ
    • Hyphenation: san‧gues‧su‧ga

    Noun

    sanguessuga f or (nonstandard) m (plural sanguessugas)

    1. leech (aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea)
      Synonyms: hirudíneo, samessuga

    Noun

    sanguessuga m or f by sense (plural sanguessugas)

    1. (figurative, derogatory) leech (person who derives profit from others)

    References

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