pinga

See also: pingâ, pinġa, and pingga

Albanian

Noun

pinga

1. inflection of pingë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Galician

Pingas

Etymology 1

Back-formation from pingar (“to drop”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiŋɡa/ [ˈpiŋ.ɡɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈpiŋɡa/ [ˈpiŋ.ɡɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈpiŋħa/ [ˈpiŋ.ħɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -iŋɡa

• (standard) Rhymes: -iŋɡa
• (gheada) Rhymes: -iŋħa

• Hyphenation: pin‧ga

Noun

pinga f (plural pingas)

1. drop, droplet

   Synonym: gota

2. (figuratively) small portion
   • 1805, anonymous, Representación dos veciños da Pontedeva (in Ramón Mariño Paz, 2008, Papés d'emprenta condenada. A escrita galega entre 1797 e 1846, page 21-23):

     non pode querer ó noso Rey que lle paguemos un carto polo neto do viño, que non podemos vender á ochavo. Os probes non comemos mais ca un pouco de pan, ou bróa ruin, e unhas berzas sin adubo. Si nos quita a pinga do viño, ¿que forza emos ter para traballar as terras?

     our King can't pretend that we pay a quarter by each pint of wine [we consume], when we can't even sell it for half a quarter. We the poor people eat but a little of bread, or bad black bread, and some greens without seasoning. If He takes this drop of wine, what strength we'll have left for working the lands?

   Synonyms: miga, pingo

Derived terms

• pingallo
• pingallón

Related terms

• pingar
• pingo

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “pinga”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “pinga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pinga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pinga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

pinga

1. inflection of pingar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Haitian Creole

Alternative forms

• piga

Etymology

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piŋˈɡa/

Verb

pinga

1. do not

References

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[1], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 148

Italian

Verb

pinga

1. inflection of pingere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Pangi, piang, pigna

Malay

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiŋa/ [ˈpi.ŋa]
• Rhymes: -ŋa, -a
• Hyphenation: pi‧nga

Adjective

pinga (Jawi spelling ڤيڠا, comparative lebih pinga, superlative paling pinga)

1. (only used in the reduplicated form terpinga-pinga) bewildered; dumbfounded; confused; at a loss (surprised and confused so much that one is unsure how to react).

   Synonyms: terpinga-pinga, bingung, terpinga, terpinga-pinga

   Dia terpinga-pinga apabila ditanya soalan itu.

   He was bewildered when asked that question.

Usage notes

• The word pinga is a bound root and is virtually never used on its own in modern Malay. It appears exclusively in the affixed and reduplicated forms terpinga and terpinga-pinga.

Derived terms

Affixations

• terpinga (“bewildered; dumbfounded”)

Reduplications

• terpinga-pinga (“bewildered; confused; dumbfounded”)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: pinga

Further reading

• "pinga" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "pinga" at PRPM first version)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpĩ.ɡɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpĩ.ɡɐ/

• Rhymes: -ĩɡɐ
• Hyphenation: pin‧ga

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti

Proto-Italic *pendō

Latin pendere

Vulgar Latin *pendicāre

Portuguese pingardeverb.

Portuguese pinga

Deverbal from pingar.

Noun

pinga f (plural pingas)

1. drop (small amount of liquid)

   Synonym: pingo

2. (figuratively) sip (small mouthful of drink)
3. (Brazil, slang) cachaça
4. (figuratively) wine
5. (figuratively) drunkenness
6. (Macau) armchair clothesline

Noun

pinga m (plural pingas)

1. (informal) penny-pincher (one who is always short of money)

Adjective

pinga m or f (plural pingas)

1. (informal) penny-pincher (which is always short of money)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ronga mpinga.

Noun

pinga f (plural pingas)

1. (Mozambique) yoke (pole which, supported on the shoulders of two men, allows the load tied to it to be carried)

Etymology 3

Verb

pinga

1. inflection of pingar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “pinga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pinga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpinɡa/ [ˈpĩŋ.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -inɡa
• Syllabification: pin‧ga

Etymology 1

Deverbal from pingar (“to hang”).

Noun

pinga f (plural pingas)

1. (Canary Islands, Latin America, euphemistic, vulgar, slang) penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene

Etymology 2

Verb

pinga

1. inflection of pingar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• https://raicesdeperaleda.com/diccionario/minga/p-4490

Further reading

• “pinga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026
• “pinga”, in Diccionario Básico de Canarismos [Basic Dictionary of Canarianisms] (in Spanish), Canarian Academy of the Language [Spanish: Academia Canaria de La Lengua], 2010

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-pinga (infinitive kupinga)

1. to object, to oppose
2. to obstruct, to block

Conjugation

Conjugation of -pinga
Positive present -napinga Subjunctive -pinge Negative -pingi Imperative singular pinga
Infinitives
Positive kupinga Negative kutopinga
Imperatives
Singular pinga Plural pingeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupinga Positive past positive subject concord + -lipinga Negative past negative subject concord + -kupinga
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napinga) Singular Plural 1st person ninapinga/napinga tunapinga 2nd person unapinga mnapinga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapinga wanapinga other classes positive subject concord + -napinga
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pingi) Singular Plural 1st person sipingi hatupingi 2nd person hupingi hampingi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapingi hawapingi other classes negative subject concord + -pingi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapinga Negative future negative subject concord + -tapinga
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pinge) Singular Plural 1st person nipinge tupinge 2nd person upinge mpinge 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apinge wapinge other classes positive subject concord + -pinge
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipinge Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepinga Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepinga Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipinga Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipinga
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apinga) Singular Plural 1st person napinga twapinga 2nd person wapinga mwapinga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apinga wapinga m-mi(III/IV) wapinga yapinga ji-ma(V/VI) lapinga yapinga ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapinga vyapinga n(IX/X) yapinga zapinga u(XI) wapinga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapinga pa(XVI) papinga mu(XVIII) mwapinga
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepinga "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapinga "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japinga "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipinga "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopinga Consecutive kapinga / positive subject concord + -kapinga Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapinge
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nipinga -tupinga 2nd person -kupinga -wapinga/-kupingeni/-wapingeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpinga -wapinga m-mi(III/IV) -upinga -ipinga ji-ma(V/VI) -lipinga -yapinga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipinga -vipinga n(IX/X) -ipinga -zipinga u(XI) -upinga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kupinga pa(XVI) -papinga mu(XVIII) -mupinga Reflexive -jipinga
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pinga- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -pingaye -pingao m-mi(III/IV) -pingao -pingayo ji-ma(V/VI) -pingalo -pingayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pingacho -pingavyo n(IX/X) -pingayo -pingazo u(XI) -pingao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -pingako pa(XVI) -pingapo mu(XVIII) -pingamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pinga) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepinga -opinga m-mi(III/IV) -opinga -yopinga ji-ma(V/VI) -lopinga -yopinga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopinga -vyopinga n(IX/X) -yopinga -zopinga u(XI) -opinga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopinga pa(XVI) -popinga mu(XVIII) -mopinga
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Reciprocal: -pingana

• Nominal derivations:
  • mpingaji
  • pingamizi (“objection, obstruction”)
  • upingaji

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /piˈŋa/ [pɪˈŋa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pi‧nga

Adjective

pingá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜅ)

1. bellicose; warlike

   Synonyms: mapandigma, mandirigma

2. quarrelsome

   Synonyms: palaaway, basagulero

Derived terms

• kapingahan

Anagrams

• pinag-, panig, ipang-

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English finger.

Noun

pinga

1. finger