pingo
Portuguese, noun/ˈpĩ.ɡu/
pingo is spelled P-I-N-G-O (5 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,722nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pingo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a drop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of pingar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “gota; gotejamento; goteira”.
What does pingo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea drop
- 2
masculinea jot
- 3
Portugalmasculineespresso with milk, similar to a cortado
- 4
Brazilmasculinea small dot that is part of a letter; a tittle
colocar os pingos nos is
noun
- 1
masculinehorse
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of pingar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gota; gotejamento; goteira 2. ponto que se coloca sobre a letra i e j 3. aposta mínima do carteado que se é obrigado a fazer 4. pequena porção de solda
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 pingo
- pingos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pingo?
- Brazil /ˈpĩ.ɡu/
- Portugal /ˈpĩ.ɡu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pingo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pingo in Portuguese?
pingo appears 2.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).