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dissanguare

to bleed dry

verb dees-sahn-GWAH-reh Rare
People & Society Money

Also means

to drain financially

Usage Note

Dissanguare literally means to drain of blood but is almost always used figuratively — le tasse ci dissanguano (taxes bleed us dry). The reflexive dissanguarsi means to exhaust one's own resources. It takes avere as its auxiliary. The related noun is dissanguamento.

Examples

"Le spese continue dissanguano la famiglia."

Natural Translation

The continuous expenses bleed the family dry.

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