tingir

Portuguese

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tinger, from Latin tingere (“to dye”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to soak, dip”). Compare Galician tinxir.

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃĩˈʒi(ʁ)/ [t͡ʃĩˈʒi(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃĩˈʒi(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃĩˈʒi(ʁ)/ [t͡ʃĩˈʒi(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃĩˈʒi(ɻ)/

tingir (first-person singular present tinjo, first-person singular preterite tingi, past participle tingido)

dye (to colour with dye)
Antonyms: alvejar, desbotar, destingir
to cause to have a certain colour
Synonym: pintar

As margaridas tingem a sala de branco.
The daisies cause the room to be white.
to blush (to redden in the face)
Synonyms: corar, ficar vermelho, ruborizar
to stain (coat a surface with a stain)
Synonym: manchar

Conjugation of tingir (g-j alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

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