pringado

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • pringao (eye dialect; adjective and noun)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾinˈɡado/ [pɾĩŋˈɡa.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: prin‧ga‧do

Adjective

pringado (feminine pringada, masculine plural pringados, feminine plural pringadas)

  1. dirty, filthy
  2. stuck with
  3. involved

Noun

pringado m (plural pringados, feminine pringada, feminine plural pringadas)

  1. (Spain, colloquial) loser, sucker, doormat (a person who is easily deceived, tricked or persuaded to do something; a naive person; a person who has the worst jobs at work)
  2. (Spain, colloquial) poor thing, poor thing wretch, victim (an unfortunate person who suffers from a disaster or other adverse circumstance)
  3. (Spain, colloquial) fool, idiot
    ¡No seas (un) pringado!
    Don’t be an idiot!

Participle

pringado (feminine pringada, masculine plural pringados, feminine plural pringadas)

  1. past participle of pringar

Further reading

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