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jeringa

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jeringar

(transitive) to syringe
(transitive) to give an enema
(colloquial, transitive) to annoy, bother, hassle, irritate, nag (compare chingar)

Hyphenated as

je‧rin‧ga

Pronounced as (IPA)

/xeˈɾinɡa/

From Medieval Latin syringa, based on Latin syrinx, from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pipe, tube”) (genitive singular σῦριγγος (sûringos). The initial consonant must have passed from /s/ to /ʃ/, a sporadic sound change in Old Spanish (compare jabón).