pringar

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pringar
transitive verb
1to make greasy (ensuciar)
2to dip (mojar)
3to involve (informal) (comprometer)
intransitive verb
4to get stuck in (informal)
pringarse
pronomial verb
1to get covered in grease (ensuciarse)
2to get one's hands dirty (informal) (en asunto sucio)

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pringar [prin-gar’]
article & verb transitive
1To baste meat which is roasting.
2To stain with grease, to scald with boiling fat; to tar a person: this formerly was the punishment of slaves.
3To wound (herir), to ill-treat.
4To meddle, to interfere; to take a share in.
5(Cono Sur) To give (enfermedad).
6(Cono Sur) To put in the family way (mujer).
7To drop a brick (meter la pata).
  • Pringar el pan en la sopa -> to dip one's bread in the soup
  • Pringar a uno en un asunto -> to involve somebody in a matter
verb neuter
8To take a beating (perder). (n)
9To sweat one’s guts out (trabajar). (Military) (n)
10To peg out (morir). (n)
11To drizzle (lloviznar). (Ante Meridian & Central America & Caribbean & Mexico) (m)
verb reflexive
12To draw unlawful advantage from a thing intrusted to one’s care.
  • O nos pringamos todos -> o ninguno, either we all carry the can or none of us do

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pringar
verbo:transitivo
1 (Culin) [+pan] to dip; dunk; [+asado] to baste
pringar el pan en la sopa to dip one's bread in the soup
2 (ensuciar) to dirty; soil (with grease); especialmente (Latinoamérica) to splash
3 (familiar) (implicar)
pringar a algn en un asunto to involve sb in a matter; están pringadas en esto unas altas personalidades some top people are mixed up in this
4 (familiar) (herir)
pringar a algn to wound sb; make sb bleed
5 (familiar) (denigrar) to blacken; run down; (familiar)
6 (S. Cone) [+enfermedad] to give
7 (S. Cone) (familiar) [+mujer] to put in the family way
8
pringarla (muy_familiar) (meter la pata) to drop a brick; (familiar) make a boob; (familiar) (Med) to get a dose of the clap; (muy_familiar) pringarla(s) (muy_familiar) (morir) to kick the bucket; (familiar) snuff it; (familiar)
verbo:intransitivo
1 (familiar) (perder) to come a cropper; (familiar) take a beating
hemos pringado we're done for
2 (trabajar) to sweat one's guts out; (familiar) slog away; (familiar)
3
pringar en algo (superficialmente) to dabble in sth; (implicándose) to take a hand in sth; get mixed up in sth
4 (familiar) (morir) to kick the bucket; (familiar) snuff it; (familiar)
5 (Centroamérica) (Caribe) (México) (lloviznar) to drizzle
verbo:pronominal
pringarse
1 (ensuciarse) to get covered;con, de with, in
2 (familiar) (involucrarse) to get mixed up;en in
3 (familiar) (comprometerse) to get one's fingers burnt
o nos pringamos todos, o ninguno either we all carry the can or none of us does; (familiar)
4 (familiar) (ganar por medios dudosos) to make money on the side; (sacar tajada) to get a rake-off; (familiar) (enriquecerse) to make a packet; (familiar)

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Verb Conjugation for "pringar"

Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo pringo pringué pringaba pringaré pringue
Tú pringas pringaste pringabas pringarás pringues
Ella/Él/Usted pringa pringó pringaba pringará pringue
Nosotros pringamos pringamos pringábamos pringaremos pringuemos
Vosotros pringáis pringasteis pringabais pringaréis pringuéis
Ellos/Ustedes pringan pringaron pringaban pringarán pringuen
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