gingado

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒĩˈɡa.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒĩˈɡa.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒĩˈɡa.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒĩˈɡa.du/ [ʒĩˈɡa.ðu]

• Hyphenation: gin‧ga‧do

Etymology 1

From gingar +‎ -ado.

Noun

gingado m (plural gingados)

1. (Brazil, informal) fluid or sexy body movement

   Synonym: ginga

Etymology 2

Participle

gingado (feminine gingada, masculine plural gingados, feminine plural gingadas)

1. past participle of gingar

Further reading

• “gingado”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “gingado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025