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!

Related terms

• fracasado m, fracasada f
• perdedor m, perdedora f

Participle

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

1. past participle of pringar

Further reading

• “pringado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28