pringar
Spanish, verb/pɾinˈɡaɾ/
pringar is spelled P-R-I-N-G-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish, the 167,210th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pringar is a Spanish verb meaning “to drench, dip, or coat in grease or fat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Empapar con pringue el pan u otro alimento”.
What does pringar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to drench, dip, or coat in grease or fat
- 2
to squeeze a greasy food with bread, as a method of preparing it
- 3
to carry out pringue, wherein someone is punished by having boiling grease thrown at them
- 4
colloquialto denigrate or slander
- 5
colloquialto place someone in an illegal or unethical position
- 6
Mexicoto splash
- 7
to splatter clothes with water, as a way to iron them
- 8
Mexicoto drizzle (to produce a light rain or mist)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Empapar con pringue el pan u otro alimento. 2. Estrujar con pan algún alimento pringoso. 3. Castigo usado antiguamente que consistía en derretir tocino a la llama de un hacha sobre las heridas causadas por azotes. 4. Manchar algo o a alguien con pringue, o con cualquier otra sustancia grasosa.
verb: 1. Participar en algún negocio o asunto. 2. Trabajar intensamente, especialmente en condiciones severas o difíciles y recibiendo poca compensación.
verb: 1. Lloviznar, o producirse una ligera neblina.
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 pringar
- pringo first-person present singular
- pringué first-person preterite singular
- pringado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- pringando gerund
- pringada feminine participle past
- pringados masculine participle past
- pringadas feminine participle past
- pringas indicative informal present
- pringás indicative informal present
- pringa indicative present singular
- pringamos first-person indicative plural
- pringáis indicative plural present
- pringan indicative plural present
- pringaba first-person imperfect indicative
- pringabas imperfect indicative second-person
- pringábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- pringabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pringar?
- /pɾinˈɡaɾ/
- [pɾĩŋˈɡaɾ]
- [pɾĩŋˈgaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pringar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pringar in Spanish?
pringar appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).