pingado
Portuguese, noun/pĩˈɡa.du/
pingado is spelled P-I-N-G-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 82,742nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pingado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “coffee with milk served in an espresso glass” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of pingar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “café com algumas gotas de leite”.
What does pingado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dotted; speckled
noun
- 1
masculinecoffee with milk served in an espresso glass
verb
- 1
past participle of pingar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. em que se pingou 2. embriagado
noun: 1. café com algumas gotas de leite 2. leite com algumas gotas de café
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 pingado
- pingada feminine
- pingados masculine plural
- pingadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pingado?
- Brazil /pĩˈɡa.du/
- Portugal /pĩˈɡa.du/
- Portugal [pĩˈɡa.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pingado in Portuguese?
pingado appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).