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tingir.

dye (to colour with dye)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/t͡ʃĩˈʒi(ʁ)/Brazil[t͡ʃĩˈʒi(h)]Brazil/t͡ʃĩˈʒi(ɾ)/São-Paulo/t͡ʃĩˈʒi(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. dye (to colour with dye)

  2. to cause to have a certain colour

    As margaridas tingem a sala de branco.
  3. to blush (to redden in the face)

  4. to stain (coat a surface with a stain)

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tinger, from Latin tingere (“to dye”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to soak, dip”). Compare Galician tinxir.

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