pringar(
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)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
1. (to dunk)
a. to dip
Camila tomó un pedazo de pan y lo pringó en la salsa.Camila took a piece of bread and dipped it in the sauce.
a. to make greasy
El cocinero pringó la cocina cuando cocinó el salteado.The cook made the stove greasy when cooking the stir-fry.
3. (to sprinkle) (Central America) (Mexico) (Venezuela)
Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
Regionalism used in Mexico
Regionalism used in Venezuela
a. to splash
¡Aguas! Estás pringando el mantel con salsa.Careful! You're splashing the tablecloth with salsa.
a. to involve
La trama de chantajes acabó pringando a un juez.The blackmail plot ended up involving a judge.
5. (colloquial) (medicine) (Chile)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Chile
a. to give an STD to
Qué mala onda que tu polola te pringó.It sucks that your girlfiriend gave you an STD.
a. to sterilize
La enfermera pringó los escalpelos y los puso en la mesa.The nurse sterilized the scalpels and set them on the table.
b. to sterilise (United Kingdom)
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
Voy a pringar esta aguja con un fósforo.I'm going to sterilise this needle with a match.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
7. (colloquial) (to pay for someone else's mistakes) (Spain)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Spain
a. to end up paying
Fue Mauricio el que pringó por encubrir el delito de su hermana.Maurico was the one who ended up paying for his sister's crime.
8. (colloquial) (to perform a job) (Spain)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Spain
a. to work
Me toca pringar todo el fin de semana. - ¡Qué mala suerte!I have to work all weekend. - What bad luck!
An impersonal verb is a verb with no apparent subject (e.g., Llueve en España.).
9. (to rain lightly) (Central America) (Mexico) (Venezuela)
Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
Regionalism used in Mexico
Regionalism used in Venezuela
a. to sprinkle
Mamá, está pringando. - Bueno, ponte el impermeable.Mom, it's sprinkling. - Well, put on your raincoat.
pringarse
A pronominal verb always uses a reflexive pronoun. (e.g., Te ves cansado.).
10. (to get dirty)
a. to get covered
El corredor de motocross se pringó de lodo.The motocross racer got covered in mud.
11. (colloquial) (to get implicated) (Spain)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Spain
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Si los senadores no querían pringarse en el escándalo, no deberían haber aceptado el soborno para empezar.If the senators didn't want to get mixed up in the scandal, they shouldn't have accepted bribes in the first place.
12. (colloquial) (medicine) (Andes) (Chile)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Chile
a. to get an STD
¿Te pringaste, huevón? - Sí, con una mina en la playa.You got an STD, dude? - Yeah, from this chick at the beach.
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