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pringar.

to drench, dip, or coat in grease or fat

7 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/pɾinˈɡaɾ/[pɾĩŋˈɡaɾ]
  1. to drench, dip, or coat in grease or fat

    transitive
  2. to squeeze a greasy food with bread, as a method of preparing it

    transitive
  3. to carry out pringue, wherein someone is punished by having boiling grease thrown at them

    transitive
  4. to denigrate or slander

    colloquial · transitive
  5. to place someone in an illegal or unethical position

    colloquial · transitive
  6. to splash

    Mexico · transitive
  7. to splatter clothes with water, as a way to iron them

    Nicaragua · transitive
  8. to drizzle (to produce a light rain or mist)

    El-Salvador · Mexico · impersonal · intransitive
  9. to work hard, especially in tough conditions for little benefit

    colloquial · intransitive
Where this word comes from

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

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