blood

la sangre

blood(bluhd)

noun

1. (anatomy)

a. la sangre

(F)

After the accident there were blood stains on the road.

Tras el accidente, había manchas de sangre en la carretera.

2. (family relationship)

a. la sangre

(F)

We're not of the same blood, but he has always been my father.

No somos de la misma sangre, pero siempre ha sido mi padre.

transitive verb

3. (to give experience to)

a. recibir experiencia

We can't send soldiers into battle who haven't been properly blooded.

No podemos enviar soldados a la guerra que no hayan recibido la experiencia necesaria.

blood

Noun

1. (general)

a. la sangre

(F)

to give blooddonar sangre

blood bankbanco de sangre

blood cellglóbulo m

blood clotcoágulo m

blood countrecuento de células sanguíneas, hemograma m

blood donordonante de sangre

blood groupgrupo sanguíneo

blood poisoningsepticemia f

blood pressuretensión (arterial), presión sanguínea

to have high/low blood pressuretener la tensión alta/baja

they are blood relationsles unen lazos de sangre

blood sausagemorcilla f

blood sportsdeportes cinegéticos

blood sugar(nivel de) azúcar en la sangre

blood testanálisis de sangre

blood transfusiontransfusión sanguínea

blood vesselvaso sanguíneo

2. (idioms)

a.

to have blood on one's handstener las manos manchadas de sangre

it makes my blood boil when…me hierve la sangre cuando…

it makes my blood run coldme hiela la sangre

in cold blooda sangre fría

he's after your bloodte tiene ojeriza

to have something in one's bloodllevar algo en la sangre

it's like trying to get blood out of a stonees como intentar sacar agua de una piedra

3. (prov)

a.

blood is thicker than waterla sangre tira

transitive verb

4. (initiate; soldier, politician)

a. dar el bautismo de fuego a

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blood [blʌd]

noun

1 sangre (f)

he was covered in blood she was suffering from shock and loss of blood the blood drained from his face with fear

to be after sb's blood tenérsela jurada a algn (informal)

he's after my blood to be [baying] for sb's blood his film flopped and the critics were baying for his blood

it makes my blood boil me saca de quicio (informal); hace que me hierva la sangre

it makes my blood boil to think how ... me hierve la sangre solo de pensar que ...

in cold blood a sangre fría

people were being murdered in cold blood it's more than [flesh] and blood can stand too much for one person to cope with

to donate or give blood donar or dar sangre

to draw blood (wound) hacer sangre; (Med) sacar sangre

he caught me in the face with his elbow and drew blood

to draw first blood abrir el marcador; anotarse el primer tanto

/United drew first blood/. Jones's long throw was half-cleared to the full-back, David Barnes,whose left-foot volley sped sweetly home Dutch champions PSV also drew first blood against their main title rivals Ajax

a blood and guts film una película sangrienta or violenta

a surgeon rolls up his sleeves and delves into blood and guts every day he was related to `Old Blood and Guts" Patton, the famous General in World War II he has warned NEWCASTLE fans to prepare for a blood and guts climax to the season

acting was in his blood llevaba la profesión de actor en la sangre

diplomacy was [in] his blood he has adventure in his blood it's in his blood

to sweat blood (work hard) sudar tinta or sangre (informal); (worry) sudar la gota gorda (informal)

I sweated blood to get the report ready on time NIGEL MANSELL sweated blood as he sat in pole position, waiting for the green light to start yesterday's Mexican Grand Prix blood, sweat and [tears] why do apparently sane people go through all the blood, sweat and tears involved in doing a PhD? the blood, sweat and tears of ordinary life he believes in putting blood, sweat and tears into any film he directs

blood and thunder (melodrama) melodrama (m)

to have sb's blood on one's hands tener las manos manchadas con la sangre de algn

he has my son's blood on his hands

to make one's blood run cold

the look in his eyes made her blood run cold su mirada hizo que se le helara la sangre (en las venas)

my blood ran cold

to get blood out of a stone sacar agua de las piedras

getting her to talk is like trying to get blood out of a stone hacer que hable es como sacar agua de las piedras

it's like trying to get blood out of a [stone]

bay flesh

2 (family, ancestry) sangre (f)

there was Greek blood in his veins she had eastern blood on her mother's side

of noble/royal blood de sangre noble/real

he was of noble blood, and an officer a young man of aristocratic blood

blood is thicker than water la sangre tira

blue

3 (people)

fresh or new or young blood savia (f) nueva

the Cabinet reshuffle is designed to bring in new blood the England selectors must start introducing young blood what this company needs is an injection of new blood

(feeling)

bad blood hostilidad (f)

there had always been bad blood between him and his in-laws siempre había existido hostilidad entre él y la familia de su mujer

the rebels hoped to create bad blood and ultimately war between Spain and the United States

modifier

blood bank (n) banco (m) de sangre

blood blister (n) ampolla (f) de sangre

blood brother (n) hermano (m) de sangre

blood cell (n) glóbulo (m)

blood clot (n) coágulo (m) de sangre

blood corpuscle (n) glóbulo (m) sanguíneo

blood count (n) hemograma (m); recuento (m) sanguíneo or globular

blood donor (n) donante (m) de sangre

blood feud (n) enemistad (f) mortal entre clanes, familias; (entre clanes, familias)

if you kill the hostages your war will become a blood feud there is no end in sight to this blood feud between the two former Soviet republics Killing meant revenge. It started blood feuds among the people of the mountains I cannot afford to have two staff officers involved in a blood feud

blood group (n) grupo (m) sanguíneo

blood heat (n) temperatura (f) del cuerpo

warm the milk to blood heat fill a basin with water at blood heat

blood money (n) dinero (m) manchado de sangre en pago por asesinato; (en pago por asesinato) (as compensation) indemnización que se paga a la familia de alguien que ha sido asesinado

once he'd taken the blood money, the assassin was totally committed I have never, ever lived off blood money # which means prostitutes or drugs the families of deceased victims can ask for the death sentence for the driver or demand blood money of up to 170,000 rupees both major political parties have taken so-called `blood money' from tobacco companies

blood orange (n) naranja (f) sanguina

blood plasma (n) plasma (m) sanguíneo

blood poisoning (n) septicemia (f); envenenamiento (m) de la sangre

blood pressure (n) tensión (f) or presión (f) arterial; presión (f) sanguínea

to have high/low blood pressure tener la tensión alta/baja; tener hipertensión/hipotensión

to take sb's blood pressure tomar la tensión a algn

blood pudding (n) morcilla (f)

blood relation blood relative (n)

she is no blood relation to him ella y él no son de la misma sangre; ella y él no son (parientes) cosanguíneos (formal)

blood relationship (n) consanguinidad (f); lazo (m) de parentesco

blood sausage (n) (US)

blood pudding See culture box in entry blood.

blood sport (n) deporte en el que se matan animales

hunting is a blood sport MPs demanded a ban on bloodsports he is anti-blood sport(s)

blood sugar (level) (n) nivel (m) de azúcar en la sangre

blood supply (n) riego (m) sanguíneo

blood test (n) análisis (m) de sangre

blood transfusion (n) transfusión (f) de sangre

blood type (n)

blood group See culture box in entry blood.

blood vessel (n) vaso (m) sanguíneo