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Where does “ensañar” come from?

ensañar (Spanish) comes from Latin insania — madness, insanity.

ensañar (Spanish): to irritate; to enjoy causing pain or discomfort

Definitions

  1. to irritate; to enjoy causing pain or discomfort

Ancestry of “ensañar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininsaniamadness, insanity
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