respingo
Spanish, noun
respingo is spelled R-E-S-P-I-N-G-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish, the 129,473rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Respingo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “start (i.e. sudden, involuntary jump)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of respingar. With an accent, respingó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of respingar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción de respingar”.
What does respingo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestart (i.e. sudden, involuntary jump)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of respingar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of respingar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción de respingar. 2. Sacudida violenta del cuerpo. 3. Expresión y movimiento de despego y enfado con que uno muestra vivamente la repugnancia que tiene en ejecutar lo que se le manda.
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 respingo
- respingos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to respingo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is respingo in Spanish?
respingo appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).