pingar

Uncertain; possibly from Vulgar Latin *pendicāre, from Latin pendō (“to hang”). Compare possible cognate Spanish pringar.

• IPA^(key): /pinˈɡaɾ/,
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: pin‧gar

pingar

1. to drip; to drop

   Synonyms: gotiar, goterar, pingotiar

2. to wet; to get wet; to soak

   Synonyms: moyar, chiscar, bazcuyar, chiflotiar, xaguatar

   Pingó'l coche enteru cola manguera

   He wet the entire car with the hose

3. (reflexive) to stain (especially with liquids)

   Synonyms: entafarrar, embadurniar, manchar

   Pingóse-y'l niqui cola compota

   He stained his shirt with the apple sauce

From Vulgar Latin *pendicāre, from pendō (“I hang”) + -icāre.

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: pin‧gar

pingar (first-person singular present pingo, first-person singular preterite pinguei, past participle pingado)

1. (intransitive) to drip
2. (intransitive) to drop (to fall in droplets)

   Synonyms: gotear, gotexar

• pinga
• pingada
• pingallo
• pingo
• pingueira

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pingo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pingar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “pingar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pingar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “pingar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pingar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

pingar

1. first-person singular future passive indicative of pingō

From Vulgar Latin *pendicāre, from Latin pendere (“to hang”).

• Hyphenation: pin‧gar

pingar (first-person singular present pingo, first-person singular preterite pinguei, past participle pingado)

1. to drop

• pingo
• pinga

Borrowed from Asturian pingar, from Vulgar Latin *pendicāre. Doublet of pringar.

• IPA^(key): /pinˈɡaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pin‧gar

pingar (first-person singular present pingo, first-person singular preterite pingué, past participle pingado)

1. to tilt; to incline
2. to hang; to droop
3. to drip (liquid)
4. to leap

• “pingar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10