pingar

Asturian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

Related terms

• pinga
• pingada
• pingarata
• pingu

 

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /piŋˈɡaɾ/ [piŋˈɡɑɾ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /piŋˈɡaɾ/ [piŋˈɡɑɾ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /piŋˈħaɾ/ [piŋˈħɑɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: pin‧gar

Verb

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

Conjugation

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	pingar
Personal	pingar	pingares	pingar	pingarmos	pingardes	pingaren
Gerund
	pingando
Past participle
Masculine	pingado			pingados
Feminine	pingada			pingadas
Indicative
Present	pingo	pingas	pinga	pingamos	pingades	pingan
Imperfect	pingaba	pingabas	pingaba	pingabamos	pingabades	pingaban
Preterite	pinguei	pingaches	pingou	pingamos	pingastes	pingaron
Pluperfect	pingara	pingaras	pingara	pingaramos	pingarades	pingaran
Future	pingarei	pingarás	pingará	pingaremos	pingaredes	pingarán
Conditional	pingaría	pingarías	pingaría	pingariamos	pingariades	pingarían
Subjunctive
Present	pingue	pingues	pingue	pinguemos	pinguedes	pinguen
Imperfect	pingase	pingases	pingase	pingásemos	pingásedes	pingasen
Future	pingar	pingares	pingar	pingarmos	pingardes	pingaren
Imperative
Affirmative		pinga	pingue	pinguemos	pingade	pinguen
Negative (non)		non pingues	non pingue	non pinguemos	non pinguedes	non pinguen

    Conjugation of pingar (g-gu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	pingar
Personal	pingar	pingares	pingar	pingarmos	pingardes	pingarem
Gerund
	pingando
Past participle
Masculine	pingado			pingados
Feminine	pingada			pingadas
Indicative
Present	pingo	pingas	pinga	pingamos	pingades, pingais	pingam
Imperfect	pingava	pingavas	pingava	pingávamos	pingávades, pingáveis, pingávais1	pingavam
Preterite	pinguei	pingaste, pingache1	pingou	pingamos	pingastes	pingárom, pingaram
Pluperfect	pingara	pingaras	pingara	pingáramos	pingárades, pingáreis, pingárais1	pingaram
Future	pingarei	pingarás	pingará	pingaremos	pingaredes, pingareis	pingarám, pingarão
Conditional	pingaria	pingarias	pingaria	pingaríamos	pingaríades, pingaríeis, pingaríais1	pingariam
Subjunctive
Present	pingue	pingues	pingue	pinguemos	pinguedes, pingueis	pinguem
Imperfect	pingasse	pingasses	pingasse	pingássemos	pingássedes, pingásseis	pingassem
Future	pingar	pingares	pingar	pingarmos	pingardes	pingarem
Imperative
Affirmative		pinga	pingue	pinguemos	pingade, pingai	pinguem
Negative (nom)		nom pingues	nom pingue	nom pinguemos	nom pinguedes, nom pingueis	nom pinguem

    Reintegrated conjugation of pingar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• pinga
• pingada
• pingallo
• pingo
• pingueira

References

• 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

Latin

Verb

pingar

1. first-person singular future passive indicative of pingō

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pĩˈɡa(ʁ)/ [pĩˈɡa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pĩˈɡa(ʁ)/ [pĩˈɡa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pĩˈɡa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pĩˈɡa(ʁ)/ [pĩˈɡa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pĩˈɡa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pĩˈɡaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pĩˈɡaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pĩˈɡa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pin‧gar

Verb

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

1. to drop

Conjugation

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	pingar
Personal	pingar	pingares	pingar	pingarmos	pingardes	pingarem
Gerund
	pingando
Past participle
Masculine	pingado			pingados
Feminine	pingada			pingadas
Indicative
Present	pingo	pingas	pinga	pingamos	pingais	pingam
Imperfect	pingava	pingavas	pingava	pingávamos	pingáveis	pingavam
Preterite	pinguei	pingaste	pingou	pingamos1, pingámos2	pingastes	pingaram
Pluperfect	pingara	pingaras	pingara	pingáramos	pingáreis	pingaram
Future	pingarei	pingarás	pingará	pingaremos	pingareis	pingarão
Conditional	pingaria	pingarias	pingaria	pingaríamos	pingaríeis	pingariam
Subjunctive
Present	pingue	pingues	pingue	pinguemos	pingueis	pinguem
Imperfect	pingasse	pingasses	pingasse	pingássemos	pingásseis	pingassem
Future	pingar	pingares	pingar	pingarmos	pingardes	pingarem
Imperative
Affirmative		pinga	pingue	pinguemos	pingai	pinguem
Negative (não)		não pingues	não pingue	não pinguemos	não pingueis	não pinguem

    Conjugation of pingar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• pingo
• pinga

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

Conjugation

infinitive			pingar
gerund			pingando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pingado		pingada
		plural		pingados		pingadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pingo	pingastú pingásvos	pinga	pingamos	pingáis	pingan
	imperfect	pingaba	pingabas	pingaba	pingábamos	pingabais	pingaban
	preterite	pingué	pingaste	pingó	pingamos	pingasteis	pingaron
	future	pingaré	pingarás	pingará	pingaremos	pingaréis	pingarán
	conditional	pingaría	pingarías	pingaría	pingaríamos	pingaríais	pingarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pingue	pinguestú pinguésvos2	pingue	pinguemos	pinguéis	pinguen
	imperfect (ra)	pingara	pingaras	pingara	pingáramos	pingarais	pingaran
	imperfect (se)	pingase	pingases	pingase	pingásemos	pingaseis	pingasen
	future1	pingare	pingares	pingare	pingáremos	pingareis	pingaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pingatú pingávos	pingue	pinguemos	pingad	pinguen
	negative		no pingues	no pingue	no pinguemos	no pinguéis	no pinguen

    Conjugation of pingar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive pingar	dative	pingarme	pingarte	pingarle, pingarse	pingarnos	pingaros	pingarles, pingarse
	accusative	pingarme	pingarte	pingarlo, pingarla, pingarse	pingarnos	pingaros	pingarlos, pingarlas, pingarse
with gerund pingando	dative	pingándome	pingándote	pingándole, pingándose	pingándonos	pingándoos	pingándoles, pingándose
	accusative	pingándome	pingándote	pingándolo, pingándola, pingándose	pingándonos	pingándoos	pingándolos, pingándolas, pingándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative pinga	dative	píngame	píngate	píngale	pínganos	not used	píngales
	accusative	píngame	píngate	píngalo, píngala	pínganos	not used	píngalos, píngalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative pingá	dative	pingame	pingate	pingale	pinganos	not used	pingales
	accusative	pingame	pingate	pingalo, pingala	pinganos	not used	pingalos, pingalas
with formal second-person singular imperative pingue	dative	píngueme	not used	pínguele, pínguese	pínguenos	not used	píngueles
	accusative	píngueme	not used	pínguelo, pínguela, pínguese	pínguenos	not used	pínguelos, pínguelas
with first-person plural imperative pinguemos	dative	not used	pinguémoste	pinguémosle	pinguémonos	pinguémoos	pinguémosles
	accusative	not used	pinguémoste	pinguémoslo, pinguémosla	pinguémonos	pinguémoos	pinguémoslos, pinguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative pingad	dative	pingadme	not used	pingadle	pingadnos	pingaos	pingadles
	accusative	pingadme	not used	pingadlo, pingadla	pingadnos	pingaos	pingadlos, pingadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative pinguen	dative	pínguenme	not used	pínguenle	pínguennos	not used	pínguenles, pínguense
	accusative	pínguenme	not used	pínguenlo, pínguenla	pínguennos	not used	pínguenlos, pínguenlas, pínguense

    Selected combined forms of pingar (g-gu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

Derived terms

• poner pingando

 

Further reading

• “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