pinga

Galician

Etymology 1

Back-formation from pingar (“to drop”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiŋɡa̝/

Noun

pinga f (plural pingas)

1. drop, droplet

   Synonym: gota

2. (figuratively) small portion
   • 1805, anonymous, Representación dos veciños da Pontedeva (in Ramón Mariño Paz, 2008, Papés d'emprenta condenada. A escrita galega entre 1797 e 1846, page 21-23):

     non pode querer ó noso Rey que lle paguemos un carto polo neto do viño, que non podemos vender á ochavo. Os probes non comemos mais ca un pouco de pan, ou bróa ruin, e unhas berzas sin adubo. Si nos quita a pinga do viño, ¿que forza emos ter para traballar as terras?

     our King can't pretend that we pay a quarter by each pint of wine , when we can't even sell it for half a quarter. We the poor people eat but a little of bread, or bad black bread, and some greens without seasoning. If He takes this drop of wine, what strength we'll have left for working the lands?

   Synonyms: miga, pingo

Derived terms

• pingallo
• pingallón

Related terms

• pingar
• pingo

References

• “pingo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “pinga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “pinga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pinga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

pinga

1. inflection of pingar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piŋˈɡa/

Verb

pinga

1. do not

Italian

Verb

pinga

1. inflection of pingere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Pangi, piang, pigna

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pin‧ga

Etymology 1

Deverbal from pingar

Noun

pinga f (plural pingas)

1. drop (small amount of liquid)

   Synonym: pingo

2. (figuratively) sip (small mouthful of drink)
3. (Brazil, slang) cachaça
4. (figuratively) wine
5. (figuratively) drunkenness
6. (Macau) armchair clothesline

Noun

pinga m (plural pingas)

1. (informal) penny-pincher (one who is always short of money)

Adjective

pinga m or f (plural pingas)

1. (informal) penny-pincher (which is always short of money)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ronga mpinga

Noun

pinga f (plural pingas)

1. (Mozambique) yoke (pole which, supported on the shoulders of two men, allows the load tied to it to be carried)

Etymology 3

Verb

pinga

1. inflection of pingar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpinɡa/
• Rhymes: -inɡa
• Syllabification: pin‧ga

Etymology 1

Deverbal from pingar (“to hang”).

Noun

pinga f (plural pingas)

1. (Latin America, euphemistic, vulgar, slang) penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene

Etymology 2

Verb

pinga

1. inflection of pingar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• https://raicesdeperaleda.com/diccionario/minga/p-4490

Further reading

• “pinga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Verb

-pinga (infinitive kupinga)

1. to object, to oppose
2. to obstruct, to block

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • pingamizi (“objection, obstruction”)

Tagalog

Adjective

pingá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜅ)

1. bellicose; warlike

   Synonyms: mapandigma, mandirigma

2. quarrelsome

   Synonyms: palaaway, basagulero

Derived terms

• kapingahan

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English finger.

Noun

pinga

1. finger