pringue
See also: pringué
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɾinɡe/ [ˈpɾĩŋ.ɡe]
- Rhymes: -inɡe
- Syllabification: prin‧gue
Etymology 1
Probably deverbal from pringar.
Noun
pringue m or f same meaning (plural pringues)
- fat; grease (especially from meat)
- Synonym: grasa
- grease, grime, gunk, goo, goop
- a punishment consisting of throwing boiling grease at someone
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
pringue
- inflection of pringar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “pringue”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024