limpieza de sangre

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “cleanliness of the blood”.

Noun

limpieza de sangre f (uncountable)

pure (usually Iberian) Christian ancestry, absent Muslim or Jewish blood

Related terms

limpeza de sangue

Further reading

“limpieza de sangre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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