respingar

Portuguese

Etymology

res- + pingar

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁes.pĩˈɡa(ʁ)/ [hes.pĩˈɡa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁes.pĩˈɡa(ɾ)/ [hes.pĩˈɡa(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁeʃ.pĩˈɡa(ʁ)/ [χeʃ.pĩˈɡa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁes.pĩˈɡa(ɻ)/ [hes.pĩˈɡa(ɻ)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨʃ.pĩˈɡaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨʃ.pĩˈɡa.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: res‧pin‧gar

Verb

respingar (first-person singular present respingo, first-person singular preterite respinguei, past participle respingado)

  1. (transitive) to sprinkle (to cause a liquid substance to fall in fine drops)
  2. (intransitive) to splash
  3. to sparkle

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Spanish

Verb

respingar (first-person singular present respingo, first-person singular preterite respingué, past participle respingado)

  1. to buck, balk (of an animal)
  2. (colloquial) to ride up, hike up (clothes)
  3. (colloquial) to dig in one's heels

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