potingue
Spanish, noun/poˈtinɡe/
potingue is spelled P-O-T-I-N-G-U-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written Spanish, the 249,533rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Potingue is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “hogwash; swill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cualquier bebida de botica”.
What does potingue mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinehogwash; swill
- 2
colloquialmasculineface cream or other cosmetic product
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cualquier bebida de botica. 2. Bebida de apariencia y gusto desplaciente. 3. Cosmético, en especial las cremas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of potingue
- potingues plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce potingue?
- /poˈtinɡe/
- [poˈt̪ĩŋ.ɡe]
- [poˈt̪ĩŋge]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to potingue
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is potingue in Spanish?
potingue appears about once in every 50 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).