Meaning
bleed dry, drain
- to bleed dry or drain of blood
- to drain financially, to bleed white
- (reflexive: dissanguarsi) to bleed heavily or to bleed to death
In a sentence
I medici hanno fermato l'emorragia prima che il paziente si dissanguasse.
The doctors stopped the hemorrhage before the patient bled to death.
Le spese impreviste per la casa ci stanno letteralmente dissanguando.
The unforeseen house expenses are literally bleeding us dry.
Non possiamo permettere che questa crisi dissangui l'azienda.
We cannot allow this crisis to drain the company.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| dissanguare | infinitive |
| dissanguo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| dissangui | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| dissangua | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| dissanguiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| dissanguate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| dissanguano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| dissanguavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| dissanguavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| dissanguava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| dissanguavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| dissanguavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| dissanguavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| dissanguai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| dissanguasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| dissanguò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| dissanguammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| dissanguaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| dissanguarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| dissanguerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| dissanguerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| dissanguerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| dissangueremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| dissanguerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| dissangueranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| dissangui | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| dissangui | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| dissangui | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| dissanguiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| dissanguiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| dissanguino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| dissanguassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| dissanguassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| dissanguasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| dissanguassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| dissanguaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| dissanguassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| dissanguerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| dissangueresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| dissanguerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| dissangueremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| dissanguereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| dissanguerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| dissangua | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| dissanguiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| dissanguate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| dissanguando | gerund |
| dissanguato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often used reflexively ('dissanguarsi') for severe bleeding or financial ruin.
- Takes 'avere' in transitive uses and 'essere' when reflexive.