gingar
Portuguese, verb/ʒĩˈɡa(ʁ)/
gingar is spelled G-I-N-G-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese, the 138,138th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gingar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to sway, to waddle (especially of one's body while dancing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “inclinar-se para um lado e para o outro”.
What does gingar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sway, to waddle (especially of one's body while dancing)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. inclinar-se para um lado e para o outro 2. balançar 3. chalacear, caçoar 4. enganar, roubar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gingar
- gingo first-person present singular
- ginguei first-person preterite singular
- gingado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- gingares infinitive second-person singular
- gingarmos first-person infinitive plural
- gingardes infinitive plural second-person
- gingarem infinitive plural third-person
- gingando gerund
- gingados masculine participle past
- gingada feminine participle past
- gingadas feminine participle past
- gingas indicative present second-person
- ginga indicative present singular
- gingamos first-person indicative plural
- gingais indicative plural present
- gingam indicative plural present
- gingava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gingar?
- Brazil /ʒĩˈɡa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ʒĩˈɡa(h)]
- /ʒĩˈɡa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gingar in Portuguese?
gingar appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).