crinjar

Portuguese

Etymology

From English cringe +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾĩˈʒa(ʁ)/ [kɾĩˈʒa(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾĩˈʒaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾĩˈʒaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾĩˈʒa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: crin‧jar

Verb

crinjar (first-person singular present crinjo, first-person singular preterite crinjei, past participle crinjado)

1. (Internet slang, transitive, intransitive, reflexive) to cringe (flinch due to secondhand embarrassment)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of crinjar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	crinjar
Personal	crinjar	crinjares	crinjar	crinjarmos	crinjardes	crinjarem
Gerund
	crinjando
Past participle
Masculine	crinjado			crinjados
Feminine	crinjada			crinjadas
Indicative
Present	crinjo	crinjas	crinja	crinjamos	crinjais	crinjam
Imperfect	crinjava	crinjavas	crinjava	crinjávamos	crinjáveis	crinjavam
Preterite	crinjei	crinjaste	crinjou	crinjamos1, crinjámos2	crinjastes	crinjaram
Pluperfect	crinjara	crinjaras	crinjara	crinjáramos	crinjáreis	crinjaram
Future	crinjarei	crinjarás	crinjará	crinjaremos	crinjareis	crinjarão
Conditional	crinjaria	crinjarias	crinjaria	crinjaríamos	crinjaríeis	crinjariam
Subjunctive
Present	crinje	crinjes	crinje	crinjemos	crinjeis	crinjem
Imperfect	crinjasse	crinjasses	crinjasse	crinjássemos	crinjásseis	crinjassem
Future	crinjar	crinjares	crinjar	crinjarmos	crinjardes	crinjarem
Imperative
Affirmative		crinja	crinje	crinjemos	crinjai	crinjem
Negative (não)		não crinjes	não crinje	não crinjemos	não crinjeis	não crinjem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

    Conjugation of crinjar-se (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	crinjar-se
Personal	crinjar-me	crinjares-te	crinjar-se	crinjarmo-nos	crinjardes-vos	crinjarem-se
Gerund
	crinjando-se
Past participle
Masculine	crinjado			crinjados
Feminine	crinjada			crinjadas
Indicative
Present	crinjo-me	crinjas-te	crinja-se	crinjamo-nos	crinjais-vos	crinjam-se
Imperfect	crinjava-me	crinjavas-te	crinjava-se	crinjávamo-nos	crinjáveis-vos	crinjavam-se
Preterite	crinjei-me	crinjaste-te	crinjou-se	crinjamo-nos1, crinjámo-nos2	crinjastes-vos	crinjaram-se
Pluperfect	crinjara-me	crinjaras-te	crinjara-se	crinjáramo-nos	crinjáreis-vos	crinjaram-se
Future	crinjar-me-ei	crinjar-te-ás	crinjar-se-á	crinjar-nos-emos	crinjar-vos-eis	crinjar-se-ão
Conditional	crinjar-me-ia	crinjar-te-ias	crinjar-se-ia	crinjar-nos-íamos	crinjar-vos-íeis	crinjar-se-iam
Subjunctive
Present	me crinje	te crinjes	se crinje	nos crinjemos	vos crinjeis	se crinjem
Imperfect	me crinjasse	te crinjasses	se crinjasse	nos crinjássemos	vos crinjásseis	se crinjassem
Future	me crinjar	te crinjares	se crinjar	nos crinjarmos	vos crinjardes	se crinjarem
Imperative
Affirmative		crinja-te	crinje-se	crinjemo-nos	crinjai-vos	crinjem-se
Negative (não)		não te crinjes	não se crinje	não nos crinjemos	não vos crinjeis	não se crinjem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• cringe

Further reading

• “crinjar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024