pringado

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • pringao (eye dialect; adjective and noun)

Etymology

Past participle of pringar.

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

Descendants

  • → Catalan: pringat

Participle

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

  1. past participle of pringar

See also

Further reading

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