pringar
Spanish
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly from Vulgar Latin *pendicāre, from Latin pendō (“to hang”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾinˈɡaɾ/ [pɾĩŋˈɡaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: prin‧gar
Verb
pringar (first-person singular present pringo, first-person singular preterite pringué, past participle pringado)
- (transitive) to drench, dip, or coat in grease or fat
- (transitive) to squeeze a greasy food with bread, as a method of preparing it
- (transitive) to carry out pringue, wherein someone is punished by having boiling grease thrown at them
- (transitive, colloquial) to denigrate or slander
- (transitive, colloquial) to place someone in an illegal or unethical position
- (transitive, Mexico) to splash
- (transitive, Nicaragua) to splatter clothes with water, as a way to iron them
- (impersonal, intransitive, Mexico, El Salvador) to drizzle (to produce a light rain or mist)
- (intransitive, colloquial) to work hard, especially in tough conditions for little benefit
Conjugation
Conjugation of pringar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | pringar | ||||||
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gerund | pringando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | pringado | pringada | |||||
plural | pringados | pringadas | |||||
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 | pringo | pringastú pringásvos | pringa | pringamos | pringáis | pringan | |
imperfect | pringaba | pringabas | pringaba | pringábamos | pringabais | pringaban | |
preterite | pringué | pringaste | pringó | pringamos | pringasteis | pringaron | |
future | pringaré | pringarás | pringará | pringaremos | pringaréis | pringarán | |
conditional | pringaría | pringarías | pringaría | pringaríamos | pringaríais | pringarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | pringue | pringuestú pringuésvos2 | pringue | pringuemos | pringuéis | pringuen | |
imperfect (ra) | pringara | pringaras | pringara | pringáramos | pringarais | pringaran | |
imperfect (se) | pringase | pringases | pringase | pringásemos | pringaseis | pringasen | |
future1 | pringare | pringares | pringare | pringáremos | pringareis | pringaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | pringatú pringávos | pringue | pringuemos | pringad | pringuen | ||
negative | no pringues | no pringue | no pringuemos | no pringuéis | no pringuen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of pringar (g-gu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive pringar | |||||||
dative | pringarme | pringarte | pringarle, pringarse | pringarnos | pringaros | pringarles, pringarse | |
accusative | pringarme | pringarte | pringarlo, pringarla, pringarse | pringarnos | pringaros | pringarlos, pringarlas, pringarse | |
with gerund pringando | |||||||
dative | pringándome | pringándote | pringándole, pringándose | pringándonos | pringándoos | pringándoles, pringándose | |
accusative | pringándome | pringándote | pringándolo, pringándola, pringándose | pringándonos | pringándoos | pringándolos, pringándolas, pringándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative pringa | |||||||
dative | príngame | príngate | príngale | prínganos | not used | príngales | |
accusative | príngame | príngate | príngalo, príngala | prínganos | not used | príngalos, príngalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative pringá | |||||||
dative | pringame | pringate | pringale | pringanos | not used | pringales | |
accusative | pringame | pringate | pringalo, pringala | pringanos | not used | pringalos, pringalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative pringue | |||||||
dative | príngueme | not used | prínguele, prínguese | prínguenos | not used | príngueles | |
accusative | príngueme | not used | prínguelo, prínguela, prínguese | prínguenos | not used | prínguelos, prínguelas | |
with first-person plural imperative pringuemos | |||||||
dative | not used | pringuémoste | pringuémosle | pringuémonos | pringuémoos | pringuémosles | |
accusative | not used | pringuémoste | pringuémoslo, pringuémosla | pringuémonos | pringuémoos | pringuémoslos, pringuémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative pringad | |||||||
dative | pringadme | not used | pringadle | pringadnos | pringaos | pringadles | |
accusative | pringadme | not used | pringadlo, pringadla | pringadnos | pringaos | pringadlos, pringadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative pringuen | |||||||
dative | prínguenme | not used | prínguenle | prínguennos | not used | prínguenles, prínguense | |
accusative | prínguenme | not used | prínguenlo, prínguenla | prínguennos | not used | prínguenlos, prínguenlas, prínguense |
Derived terms
- pringá
- pringarla
- pringoso
- pringue
Further reading
- “pringar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014