bleed

to lose blood from your body, especially because you have been hurt or injured

perder sangre, sangrar

• bleed from somewhere

Collocations bleed from a cut · bleed heavily

• He was bleeding badly from his head.

  Estaba sangrando abundantemente de la cabeza.

to remove blood from someone's body, especially as a medical treatment or to take blood for testing

extraer sangre, donar sangre

• bleed somebody

Collocations bleed a patient · bleed someone for research

• The doctor bled her to test her blood.

  El médico le extrajo sangre para probarla.

to lose money or resources, especially because of a business failure or poor management

perder dinero, sangrar financieramente

• bleed financially

Collocations the company is bleeding money · a business that bleeds cash

• The company has been bleeding money for years.

  La empresa ha estado perdiendo dinero durante años.

to use up or waste something, especially time or energy

gastar, desperdiciar

• bleed something

Collocations bleed resources · bleed time and energy

• The project is bleeding our resources dry.

  El proyecto está agotando nuestros recursos.