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

• “ensanguentar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “ensang” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “ensanguentar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ensanguentar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

• ensangüentar (obsolete)

• 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)