respingar
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁes.pĩˈɡa(ʁ)/ [hes.pĩˈɡa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁes.pĩˈɡa(ɾ)/ [hes.pĩˈɡa(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁeʃ.pĩˈɡa(ʁ)/ [χeʃ.pĩˈɡa(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /ʁes.pĩˈɡa(ɻ)/ [hes.pĩˈɡa(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨʃ.pĩˈɡaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨʃ.pĩˈɡa.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: res‧pin‧gar
Verb
respingar (first-person singular present respingo, first-person singular preterite respinguei, past participle respingado)
- (transitive) to sprinkle (to cause a liquid substance to fall in fine drops)
- (intransitive) to splash
- to sparkle
Conjugation
Conjugation of respingar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “respingar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “respingar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /respinˈɡaɾ/ [res.pĩŋˈɡaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: res‧pin‧gar
Verb
respingar (first-person singular present respingo, first-person singular preterite respingué, past participle respingado)
- to buck, balk (of an animal)
- (colloquial) to ride up, hike up (clothes)
- (colloquial) to dig in one's heels
Conjugation
Conjugation of respingar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of respingar (g-gu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive respingar | dative | respingarme | respingarte | respingarle, respingarse | respingarnos | respingaros | respingarles, respingarse |
| accusative | respingarme | respingarte | respingarlo, respingarla, respingarse | respingarnos | respingaros | respingarlos, respingarlas, respingarse | |
| with gerund respingando | dative | respingándome | respingándote | respingándole, respingándose | respingándonos | respingándoos | respingándoles, respingándose |
| accusative | respingándome | respingándote | respingándolo, respingándola, respingándose | respingándonos | respingándoos | respingándolos, respingándolas, respingándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative respinga | dative | respíngame | respíngate | respíngale | respínganos | not used | respíngales |
| accusative | respíngame | respíngate | respíngalo, respíngala | respínganos | not used | respíngalos, respíngalas | |
| with informal second-person singular voseo imperative respingá | dative | respingame | respingate | respingale | respinganos | not used | respingales |
| accusative | respingame | respingate | respingalo, respingala | respinganos | not used | respingalos, respingalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative respingue | dative | respíngueme | not used | respínguele, respínguese | respínguenos | not used | respíngueles |
| accusative | respíngueme | not used | respínguelo, respínguela, respínguese | respínguenos | not used | respínguelos, respínguelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative respinguemos | dative | not used | respinguémoste | respinguémosle | respinguémonos | respinguémoos | respinguémosles |
| accusative | not used | respinguémoste | respinguémoslo, respinguémosla | respinguémonos | respinguémoos | respinguémoslos, respinguémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative respingad | dative | respingadme | not used | respingadle | respingadnos | respingaos | respingadles |
| accusative | respingadme | not used | respingadlo, respingadla | respingadnos | respingaos | respingadlos, respingadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative respinguen | dative | respínguenme | not used | respínguenle | respínguennos | not used | respínguenles, respínguense |
| accusative | respínguenme | not used | respínguenlo, respínguenla | respínguennos | not used | respínguenlos, respínguenlas, respínguense | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “respingar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025