drenar

to drain

verb dreh-NAHR Rare

Origin: English drain, via French drainer

Also means

to drain (medically)

Usage Note

Drenar covers both literal drainage (water, fluids) and medical drainage of wounds or abscesses. In engineering contexts it refers to installing drainage systems, while in medicine a surgeon will drenar un absceso. It is a direct loanword and sounds slightly technical in everyday speech.

Examples

"Hay que drenar el agua del sótano."

Natural Translation

The water in the basement needs to be drained.

Literal Translation

There-is-that drain the water of-the basement.

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