jeringar

Spanish

Etymology

From jeringa +‎ -ar. Other sense comes after phonetical similitude to chingar and pain or discomfort of an injection.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xeɾinˈɡaɾ/ [xe.ɾĩŋˈɡaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: je‧rin‧gar

Verb

jeringar (first-person singular present jeringo, first-person singular preterite jeringué, past participle jeringado)

1. (transitive) to syringe
2. (transitive) to give an enema
3. (transitive, colloquial) to annoy, bother, hassle, irritate, nag (compare chingar)

Conjugation

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

infinitive			jeringar
gerund			jeringando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		jeringado		jeringada
		plural		jeringados		jeringadas
		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	jeringo	jeringastú jeringásvos	jeringa	jeringamos	jeringáis	jeringan
	imperfect	jeringaba	jeringabas	jeringaba	jeringábamos	jeringabais	jeringaban
	preterite	jeringué	jeringaste	jeringó	jeringamos	jeringasteis	jeringaron
	future	jeringaré	jeringarás	jeringará	jeringaremos	jeringaréis	jeringarán
	conditional	jeringaría	jeringarías	jeringaría	jeringaríamos	jeringaríais	jeringarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	jeringue	jeringuestú jeringuésvos2	jeringue	jeringuemos	jeringuéis	jeringuen
	imperfect (ra)	jeringara	jeringaras	jeringara	jeringáramos	jeringarais	jeringaran
	imperfect (se)	jeringase	jeringases	jeringase	jeringásemos	jeringaseis	jeringasen
	future1	jeringare	jeringares	jeringare	jeringáremos	jeringareis	jeringaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		jeringatú jeringávos	jeringue	jeringuemos	jeringad	jeringuen
	negative		no jeringues	no jeringue	no jeringuemos	no jeringuéis	no jeringuen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of jeringar (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 jeringar	dative	jeringarme	jeringarte	jeringarle, jeringarse	jeringarnos	jeringaros	jeringarles, jeringarse
	accusative	jeringarme	jeringarte	jeringarlo, jeringarla, jeringarse	jeringarnos	jeringaros	jeringarlos, jeringarlas, jeringarse
with gerund jeringando	dative	jeringándome	jeringándote	jeringándole, jeringándose	jeringándonos	jeringándoos	jeringándoles, jeringándose
	accusative	jeringándome	jeringándote	jeringándolo, jeringándola, jeringándose	jeringándonos	jeringándoos	jeringándolos, jeringándolas, jeringándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative jeringa	dative	jeríngame	jeríngate	jeríngale	jerínganos	not used	jeríngales
	accusative	jeríngame	jeríngate	jeríngalo, jeríngala	jerínganos	not used	jeríngalos, jeríngalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative jeringá	dative	jeringame	jeringate	jeringale	jeringanos	not used	jeringales
	accusative	jeringame	jeringate	jeringalo, jeringala	jeringanos	not used	jeringalos, jeringalas
with formal second-person singular imperative jeringue	dative	jeríngueme	not used	jerínguele, jerínguese	jerínguenos	not used	jeríngueles
	accusative	jeríngueme	not used	jerínguelo, jerínguela, jerínguese	jerínguenos	not used	jerínguelos, jerínguelas
with first-person plural imperative jeringuemos	dative	not used	jeringuémoste	jeringuémosle	jeringuémonos	jeringuémoos	jeringuémosles
	accusative	not used	jeringuémoste	jeringuémoslo, jeringuémosla	jeringuémonos	jeringuémoos	jeringuémoslos, jeringuémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative jeringad	dative	jeringadme	not used	jeringadle	jeringadnos	jeringaos	jeringadles
	accusative	jeringadme	not used	jeringadlo, jeringadla	jeringadnos	jeringaos	jeringadlos, jeringadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative jeringuen	dative	jerínguenme	not used	jerínguenle	jerínguennos	not used	jerínguenles, jerínguense
	accusative	jerínguenme	not used	jerínguenlo, jerínguenla	jerínguennos	not used	jerínguenlos, jerínguenlas, jerínguense

Further reading

• “jeringar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024