sanguinária
Portuguese, noun/sɐ̃.ɡiˈna.ɾjɐ/
sanguinária is spelled S-A-N-G-U-I-N-Á-R-I-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 51,518th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sanguinária is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis, a North American poppy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of sanguinário. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “género de plantas, do tipo da papoila, de látex vermelho”.
What does sanguinária mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis, a North American poppy)
- 2
masculinecommon knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare, widespread herb native to Eurasia)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of sanguinário
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. género de plantas, do tipo da papoila, de látex vermelho 2. o mesmo que erva-da-muda, (Polygonum aviculare)
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sanguinária
- sanguinárias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sanguinária?
- Brazil /sɐ̃.ɡiˈna.ɾjɐ/
- Portugal /sɐ̃.ɡiˈna.ɾjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sanguinária
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sanguinária in Portuguese?
sanguinária appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).