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• sangría
  sangría

  noun

  an iced drink, typically made with red wine, sugar, fruit juice, soda water, and spices, and containing fruit slices.
• sangria
  sangria

  noun

  a Spanish drink of red wine, sugar, spices, fruit, and soda water or lemonade, sometimes laced with rum or brandy

sangría

American  

[sang-gree-uh, sahng-gree-ah] / sæŋˈgri ə, sɑŋˈgri ɑ /

Or sangria

noun

1. an iced drink, typically made with red wine, sugar, fruit juice, soda water, and spices, and containing fruit slices.

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sangria British  

/ sæŋˈɡriːə /

noun

1. a Spanish drink of red wine, sugar, spices, fruit, and soda water or lemonade, sometimes laced with rum or brandy

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Etymology

Origin of sangría

1960–65; < Spanish: drink of a bloodlike color, equivalent to sangr ( e ) blood ( see sanguine) + -ía noun suffix

Example Sentences

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sangria

A witness from a bar Kirsty and Grabham had been to that night remembered serving her sangria with apple floating in it.

From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026

Next to Dorothy Grillo’s glass of sangria, whipped cream spilled over the lip of a small paper cup.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2025

Try adding some non-alcoholic sangria to your table.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

As you might have guessed, this is made from sparkling wine, and despite its name, it does not include any of the typical players most often found in sangria, like brandy, cognac or cinnamon sticks.

From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2023

They sipped sangria at the bar of a Spanish restaurant, a grinning pig’s head presiding over their conversation.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri