mingo

See also: Mingo

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmin.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -inɡo
• Hyphenation: mìn‧go

Verb

mingo

1. first-person singular present indicative of mingere

Anagrams

• gnomi

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *minɣō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃mi-n-ǵʰ-, n-infix of *h₃meyǵʰ-. Doublet of mēiō.

Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀμείχω (omeíkhō), Sanskrit मेहति (mehati), Old Norse míga, Tocharian B miśo.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmɪŋ.ɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmiŋ.ɡo]

Verb

mingō (present infinitive mingere, perfect active mīnxī, supine mīnctum or mīctum); third conjugation

1. (chiefly intransitive) to urinate

   Synonym: mēiō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of mingō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	mingō		mingis		mingit		mingimus		mingitis		mingunt
	imperfect	mingēbam		mingēbās		mingēbat		mingēbāmus		mingēbātis		mingēbant
	future	mingam		mingēs		minget		mingēmus		mingētis		mingent
	perfect	mīnxī		mīnxistī		mīnxit		mīnximus		mīnxistis		mīnxērunt, mīnxēre
	pluperfect	mīnxeram		mīnxerās		mīnxerat		mīnxerāmus		mīnxerātis		mīnxerant
	future perfect	mīnxerō		mīnxeris		mīnxerit		mīnxerimus		mīnxeritis		mīnxerint
passive	present	mingor		mingeris, mingere		mingitur		mingimur		mingiminī		minguntur
	imperfect	mingēbar		mingēbāris, mingēbāre		mingēbātur		mingēbāmur		mingēbāminī		mingēbantur
	future	mingar		mingēris, mingēre		mingētur		mingēmur		mingēminī		mingentur
	perfect	mīnctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	mīnctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	mīnctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	mingam		mingās		mingat		mingāmus		mingātis		mingant
	imperfect	mingerem		mingerēs		mingeret		mingerēmus		mingerētis		mingerent
	perfect	mīnxerim		mīnxerīs		mīnxerit		mīnxerīmus		mīnxerītis		mīnxerint
	pluperfect	mīnxissem		mīnxissēs		mīnxisset		mīnxissēmus		mīnxissētis		mīnxissent
passive	present	mingar		mingāris, mingāre		mingātur		mingāmur		mingāminī		mingantur
	imperfect	mingerer		mingerēris, mingerēre		mingerētur		mingerēmur		mingerēminī		mingerentur
	perfect	mīnctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	mīnctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		minge		—		—		mingite		—
	future	—		mingitō		mingitō		—		mingitōte		minguntō
passive	present	—		mingere		—		—		mingiminī		—
	future	—		mingitor		mingitor		—		—		minguntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		mingere			mingī			mingēns			—
future		mīnctūrum esse			mīnctum īrī			mīnctūrus			mingendus, mingundus
perfect		mīnxisse			mīnctum esse			—			mīnctus
future perfect		—			mīnctum fore			—			—
perfect potential		mīnctūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		mingendī		mingendō		mingendum		mingendō		mīnctum		mīnctū

Descendants

• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *reminctulare
  • Catalan: remintolar
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *minxabulum (noun)
  • Italian: minciabbio (archaic)
• Borrowings:
  • → Italian: mingere

References

• “mingo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mingo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “mingo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

mingo

1. first-person singular present indicative of mingar

Noun

mingo m (plural mingos)

1. nondiminutive eye dialect of mindinho

Further reading

• “mingo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “mingo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of Domingo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈminɡo/ [ˈmĩŋ.ɡo]
• Rhymes: -inɡo
• Syllabification: min‧go

Noun

mingo m (plural mingos)

1. (billiards) target ball

Derived terms

• poner el mingo
• tomar de mingo

Further reading

• “mingo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025