gangrena
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin gangraena, from Ancient Greek γάγγραινα (gángraina, “gangrene”).
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
gangrena f (plural gangrenes)
gangrene
(figurative) moral rot, corruption
Synonym: corrupció
==== Derived terms ====
gangrenar
gangrenós
=== Further reading ===
“gangrena”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
== Italian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɡanˈɡrɛ.na/
Rhymes: -ɛna
Hyphenation: gan‧grè‧na
=== Noun ===
gangrena f (plural gangrene)
alternative form of cancrena (“gangrene”)
=== Anagrams ===
gnagnera
== Polish ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin gangraena.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɡaŋˈɡrɛ.na/
Rhymes: -ɛna
Syllabification: gan‧gre‧na
=== Noun ===
gangrena f (related adjective gangrenowy)
(uncountable, medicine) gangrene (necrosis or rotting of flesh, usually caused by lack of blood supply)
Synonyms: gangrenacja, zgorzel
(uncountable, figurative, literary) gangrene (damaging or corrupting influence)
Synonyms: patologia, zepsucie, zgnilizna
(countable, colloquial, derogatory, figurative) unpleasant or annoying person
Synonym: łajdak
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
gangrena in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
gangrena in Polish dictionaries at PWN
gangrena in PWN's encyclopedia
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: gan‧gre‧na
=== Etymology 1 ===
==== Noun ====
gangrena f (plural gangrenas)
gangrene (necrosis or rotting of flesh)
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Verb ====
gangrena
inflection of gangrenar:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
=== Further reading ===
“gangrena”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“gangrena”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Romanian ==
=== Verb ===
a gangrena (third-person singular present gangrenează, past participle gangrenat) 1st conjugation
alternative form of cangrena
==== Conjugation ====
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɡanˈɡɾena/ [ɡãŋˈɡɾe.na]
Rhymes: -ena
Syllabification: gan‧gre‧na
=== Etymology 1 ===
==== Noun ====
gangrena f (plural gangrenas)
gangrene
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Verb ====
gangrena
inflection of gangrenar:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
=== Further reading ===
“gangrena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025