Learned borrowing from Latin gangraena, from Ancient Greek γάγγραινα (gángraina, “gangrene”).

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gangrena f (plural gangrenes)

1. gangrene
2. (figurative) moral rot, corruption

   Synonym: corrupció

• gangrenar
• gangrenós

• “gangrena”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

• IPA^(key): /ɡanˈɡrɛ.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛna
• Hyphenation: gan‧grè‧na

gangrena f (plural gangrene)

1. alternative form of cancrena (“gangrene”)

• gnagnera

Learned borrowing from Latin gangraena.

• IPA^(key): /ɡaŋˈɡrɛ.na/

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• Rhymes: -ɛna
• Syllabification: gan‧gre‧na

gangrena f (related adjective gangrenowy)

1. (uncountable, medicine) gangrene (necrosis or rotting of flesh, usually caused by lack of blood supply)

   Synonyms: gangrenacja, zgorzel

2. (uncountable, figurative, literary) gangrene (damaging or corrupting influence)

   Synonyms: patologia, zepsucie, zgnilizna

3. (countable, colloquial, derogatory, figurative) unpleasant or annoying person

   Synonym: łajdak

• gangrena in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gangrena in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• gangrena in PWN's encyclopedia

• Hyphenation: gan‧gre‧na

gangrena f (plural gangrenas)

1. gangrene (necrosis or rotting of flesh)

gangrena

1. inflection of gangrenar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “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

a gangrena (third-person singular present gangrenează, past participle gangrenat) 1st conjugation

1. alternative form of cangrena

• IPA^(key): /ɡanˈɡɾena/ [ɡãŋˈɡɾe.na]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: gan‧gre‧na

gangrena f (plural gangrenas)

1. gangrene

gangrena

1. inflection of gangrenar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “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

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