coringar
Portuguese
Etymology
From Coringa (in Brazil, the name of the DC Comics character Joker) + -ar. Popularized by the 2019 film Joker.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.ɾĩˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ko.ɾĩˈɡa(h)], /ku.ɾĩˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ku.ɾĩˈɡa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ko.ɾĩˈɡa(ɾ)/, /ku.ɾĩˈɡa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ko.ɾĩˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ko.ɾĩˈɡa(χ)], /ku.ɾĩˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ku.ɾĩˈɡa(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /ko.ɾĩˈɡa(ɻ)/, /ku.ɾĩˈɡa(ɻ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.ɾĩˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ko.ɾĩˈɡa(h)]
Verb
coringar (first-person singular present coringo, first-person singular preterite coringuei, past participle coringado)
Conjugation
Conjugation of coringar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “coringar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026