How is the word sanguijuela translated from Spanish to English

English translation
Leech
noun

Gusano pequeño que chupa la sangre de los animales.

A small worm that sucks blood from animals.

Examples with “sanguijuela”

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  • Una sanguijuela se le pegó al tobillo. — A leech attached itself to his ankle.

  • Todos lo llamaban parásito. — Everyone called him a leech.

  • Las sanguijuelas viven en aguas cálidas y poco profundas. — Leeches live in warm shallow water.

  • No seas tan parásito en las fiestas. — Don't be such a leech at parties.

  • ¿Le quitaste la sanguijuela con sal? — Did you get the leech off with salt?

  • Su antiguo compañero de piso era un parásito total. — His old roommate was a total leech.

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