respingar

Portuguese

Etymology

res- +‎ pingar

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁes.pĩˈɡa(ʁ)/ [hes.pĩˈɡa(h)]

• (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)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁes.pĩˈɡa(ɻ)/ [hes.pĩˈɡa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨʃ.pĩˈɡaɾ/

• (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)

1. (transitive) to sprinkle (to cause a liquid substance to fall in fine drops)
2. (intransitive) to splash
3. to sparkle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of respingar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	respingar
Personal	respingar	respingares	respingar	respingarmos	respingardes	respingarem
Gerund
	respingando
Past participle
Masculine	respingado			respingados
Feminine	respingada			respingadas
Indicative
Present	respingo	respingas	respinga	respingamos	respingais	respingam
Imperfect	respingava	respingavas	respingava	respingávamos	respingáveis	respingavam
Preterite	respinguei	respingaste	respingou	respingamos1, respingámos2	respingastes	respingaram
Pluperfect	respingara	respingaras	respingara	respingáramos	respingáreis	respingaram
Future	respingarei	respingarás	respingará	respingaremos	respingareis	respingarão
Conditional	respingaria	respingarias	respingaria	respingaríamos	respingaríeis	respingariam
Subjunctive
Present	respingue	respingues	respingue	respinguemos	respingueis	respinguem
Imperfect	respingasse	respingasses	respingasse	respingássemos	respingásseis	respingassem
Future	respingar	respingares	respingar	respingarmos	respingardes	respingarem
Imperative
Affirmative		respinga	respingue	respinguemos	respingai	respinguem
Negative (não)		não respingues	não respingue	não respinguemos	não respingueis	não respinguem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• respingo

Further reading

• “respingar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Verb

respingar (first-person singular present respingo, first-person singular preterite respingué, past participle respingado)

1. to buck, balk (of an animal)
2. (colloquial) to ride up, hike up (clothes)
3. (colloquial) to dig in one's heels

Conjugation

    Conjugation of respingar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			respingar
gerund			respingando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		respingado		respingada
		plural		respingados		respingadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	respingo	respingastú respingásvos	respinga	respingamos	respingáis	respingan
	imperfect	respingaba	respingabas	respingaba	respingábamos	respingabais	respingaban
	preterite	respingué	respingaste	respingó	respingamos	respingasteis	respingaron
	future	respingaré	respingarás	respingará	respingaremos	respingaréis	respingarán
	conditional	respingaría	respingarías	respingaría	respingaríamos	respingaríais	respingarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	respingue	respinguestú respinguésvos2	respingue	respinguemos	respinguéis	respinguen
	imperfect (ra)	respingara	respingaras	respingara	respingáramos	respingarais	respingaran
	imperfect (se)	respingase	respingases	respingase	respingásemos	respingaseis	respingasen
	future1	respingare	respingares	respingare	respingáremos	respingareis	respingaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		respingatú respingávos	respingue	respinguemos	respingad	respinguen
	negative		no respingues	no respingue	no respinguemos	no respinguéis	no respinguen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    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 tú 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 vos 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

• respingo
• respingón

 

Further reading

• “respingar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16