xingar

Portuguese

Borrowed from Kimbundu kuxinga.[1]

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

xingar (first-person singular present xingo, first-person singular preterite xinguei, past participle xingado)

(Angola, Brazil, colloquial, transitive) to insult; to swear at
Synonyms: injuriar, insultar
- 1995 June 25, “Mãe afirma ao Censo que filhos mulatos são negros”, in Folha de São Paulo‎:
  As crinças aprenderam. “As vezes me xingam por causa da minha cor, mas eu não ligo. Sei que é só para tentar me magoar”, conta Camila.
  The kids have learned. "Sometimes they insult me because of my color, but I don't care. I know that is just to try to hurt me", says Camila
(Brazil, colloquial, intransitive) to curse (to use vulgar words to expressing anger, frustration)
Synonyms: falar besteira/besteiras/palavrão/palavrões, praguejar

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

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

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