blood

sangue

Liquido solitamente rosso che circola nel corpo, portando ossigeno e sostanze nutritive alle sue parti.

In inglese semplice: The usually red liquid that flows inside your body, carrying oxygen and food to its parts.

• There was blood on his shirt.
• She gives blood twice a year.
• The nurse took a blood sample from my arm.

Espressioni comuni: blood pressure, blood test, lose blood, donate blood

consanguineità, legame di sangue

Legame tra persone che hanno familiari in comune per nascita.

In inglese semplice: The connection between people who share family members through birth.

• They are related by blood.
• Blood ties do not always make a family close.
• He is my uncle by marriage, not by blood.

Come si usa: by blood (We are related by blood, not by marriage.)

Sinonimi: kinship, blood relationship

Espressioni comuni: related by blood, blood relation, blood ties

famiglia, consanguinei

La famiglia a cui si appartiene per nascita, anziché per matrimonio o adozione.

In inglese semplice: The family you belong to through birth, rather than marriage or adoption.

• I cannot abandon my own blood.
• She treats him kindly because he is her blood.
• He chose to protect his blood despite their argument.

Sinonimi: family, kin, relatives

Espressioni comuni: my own blood, your own blood, blood is thicker, someone's own blood

insanguinare

Coprire o macchiare qualcosa con il sangue di una persona o di un animale.

In inglese semplice: To cover or stain something with the red liquid from a person’s or animal’s body.

• The wound blooded his shirt.
• A deep cut had blooded her sleeve.
• The fighter's nose was blooded by the blow.

Sinonimi: bloody, stain with blood

Espressioni comuni: blood a blade, blood someone's face, blood someone's hands