respingar
Portuguese, verb/ʁes.pĩˈɡa(ʁ)/
respingar is spelled R-E-S-P-I-N-G-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 81,937th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Respingar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to sprinkle (to cause a liquid substance to fall in fine drops)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “responder com maus modos; rezingar, recalcitrar”.
What does respingar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sprinkle (to cause a liquid substance to fall in fine drops)
- 2
to splash
- 3
to sparkle
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. responder com maus modos; rezingar, recalcitrar 2. escoicear (a cavalgadura) 3. salpicar, projetar borrifos ou pingos (a água ou outro líquido) 4. deitar faíscas (o lume); crepitar
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 respingar
- respingo first-person present singular
- respinguei first-person preterite singular
- respingado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- respingares infinitive second-person singular
- respingarmos first-person infinitive plural
- respingardes infinitive plural second-person
- respingarem infinitive plural third-person
- respingando gerund
- respingados masculine participle past
- respingada feminine participle past
- respingadas feminine participle past
- respingas indicative present second-person
- respinga indicative present singular
- respingamos first-person indicative plural
- respingais indicative plural present
- respingam indicative plural present
- respingava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce respingar?
- Brazil /ʁes.pĩˈɡa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [hes.pĩˈɡa(h)]
- /ʁes.pĩˈɡa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is respingar in Portuguese?
respingar 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).