tinguir

Galician

Alternative forms

• tinxir

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tingir, from Latin tingere, present active infinitive of tingō (“I dye”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to soak, dip”). Compare Portuguese tingir and Spanish teñir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiŋˈɡiɾ/

Verb

tinguir (first-person singular present tingo, first-person singular preterite tinguín, past participle tinguido)
tinguir (first-person singular present tingo, first-person singular preterite tinguim or tingui, past participle tinguido, short past participle tinto, reintegrationist norm)

1. to dye

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tinguir (g-gu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	tinguir
Personal	tinguir	tinguires	tinguir	tinguirmos	tinguirdes	tinguiren
Gerund
	tinguindo
Past participle
Masculine	tinguido			tinguidos
Feminine	tinguida			tinguidas
Indicative
Present	tingo	tingues	tingue	tinguimos	tinguides	tinguen
Imperfect	tinguía	tinguías	tinguía	tinguiamos	tinguiades	tinguían
Preterite	tinguín	tinguiches	tinguiu	tinguimos	tinguistes	tinguiron
Pluperfect	tinguira	tinguiras	tinguira	tinguiramos	tinguirades	tinguiran
Future	tinguirei	tinguirás	tinguirá	tinguiremos	tinguiredes	tinguirán
Conditional	tinguiría	tinguirías	tinguiría	tinguiriamos	tinguiriades	tinguirían
Subjunctive
Present	tinga	tingas	tinga	tingamos	tingades	tingan
Imperfect	tinguise	tinguises	tinguise	tinguísemos	tinguísedes	tinguisen
Future	tinguir	tinguires	tinguir	tinguirmos	tinguirdes	tinguiren
Imperative
Affirmative		tingue	tinga	tingamos	tinguide	tingan
Negative (non)		non tingas	non tinga	non tingamos	non tingades	non tingan

    Reintegrated conjugation of tinguir (irregular short past participle; g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	tinguir
Personal	tinguir	tinguires	tinguir	tinguirmos	tinguirdes	tinguirem
Gerund
	tinguindo
Short past participle
Masculine	tinto1			tintos1
Feminine	tinta1			tintas1
Long past participle
Masculine	tinguido2			tinguidos2
Feminine	tinguida2			tinguidas2
Indicative
Present	tingo	tingues	tingue	tinguimos	tinguides, tinguis	tinguem
Imperfect	tinguia	tinguias	tinguia	tinguíamos	tinguíades, tinguíeis, tinguíais3	tinguiam
Preterite	tinguim, tingui	tinguiste, tinguiche3	tinguiu	tinguimos	tinguistes	tinguírom, tinguiram
Pluperfect	tinguira	tinguiras	tinguira	tinguíramos	tinguírades, tinguíreis, tinguírais3	tinguiram
Future	tinguirei	tinguirás	tinguirá	tinguiremos	tinguiredes, tinguireis	tinguirám, tinguirão
Conditional	tinguiria	tinguirias	tinguiria	tinguiríamos	tinguiríades, tinguiríeis, tinguiríais3	tinguiriam
Subjunctive
Present	tinga	tingas	tinga	tingamos	tingades, tingais	tingam
Imperfect	tinguisse	tinguisses	tinguisse	tinguíssemos	tinguíssedes, tinguísseis	tinguissem
Future	tinguir	tinguires	tinguir	tinguirmos	tinguirdes	tinguirem
Imperative
Affirmative		tingue	tinga	tingamos	tinguide, tingui	tingam
Negative (nom)		nom tingas	nom tinga	nom tingamos	nom tingades, nom tingais	nom tingam

¹Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar.
²Usually used with auxiliary verbs haver and ter.
³Less recommended.

Related terms

• tinta
• tinto

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tingir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ting”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “tinguir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “tinguir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• “tinguir” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “tinguir” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.