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  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

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sangria

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

The next driest style is “Extra Brut” with 0-6 grams/liter and both are perfect for this sangria.

From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2023

For a more grownup affair, consider a caramel apple sangria.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 15, 2023

White wine sangria, featuring triple sec, ginger ale and fruit, is also perfect as a help-yourself drink.

From BBC ● May 2, 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