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  • "We could make a punch I call Sangria Lake," he says - perfect, of course, since "sangria" comes from the Spanish word "sangre," meaning "blood."

    Victorville Daily Press : 2008

  • Blue blood is an English idiom recorded since 1834 for noble birth or descent; it is a translation of the Spanish phrase sangre azul, which described the Spanish royal family and other high nobility who claimed to be of Visigothic descent, in contrast to the Moors.

    A terribly painful conversation. Ann Althouse 2009

  • Ant bites were soothed with a poultice of peperomia, and ulcers were relieved with the red resin of a plant from the lowlands known as sangre de drago, the blood of the dragon.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • Ant bites were soothed with a poultice of peperomia, and ulcers were relieved with the red resin of a plant from the lowlands known as sangre de drago, the blood of the dragon.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • He had given proof of his limpieza de sangre, that is, that he had in his family not a drop of Jewish or

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

  • The speakers were shouting in Spanish in Pentacostal style how Israel was going to lead us all to that sacred apocalyptic moment, and that the time is now, and that there will be lots of "sangre" (blood) and "muerto" (death), but that it's all for the best and we need to support Israel so it can essentially be the front lines of the end of the world and the return of Our Saviour.

    Archive 2006-07-01 sfmike 2006

  • The speakers were shouting in Spanish in Pentacostal style how Israel was going to lead us all to that sacred apocalyptic moment, and that the time is now, and that there will be lots of "sangre" (blood) and "muerto" (death), but that it's all for the best and we need to support Israel so it can essentially be the front lines of the end of the world and the return of Our Saviour.

    Scheherezade and El Santo De Israel sfmike 2006

  • - Gregory Tejeda on GOP Robert Enriquez's nomination for Illinois secretary of state Florida's Blood Centers has launched a Spanish Web site in hopes of helping to convince Hispanics to donate "sangre," or blood.

    HispanicTips Tomas 2010

  • - Gregory Tejeda on GOP Robert Enriquez's nomination for Illinois secretary of state Florida's Blood Centers has launched a Spanish Web site in hopes of helping to convince Hispanics to donate "sangre," or blood.

    HispanicTips Tomas 2010

  • - Gregory Tejeda on GOP Robert Enriquez's nomination for Illinois secretary of state Florida's Blood Centers has launched a Spanish Web site in hopes of helping to convince Hispanics to donate "sangre," or blood.

    HispanicTips Tomas 2010

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