What does «porrongo» mean in Spanish?
- Earthenware vessel, thick vessel.
♦ Used in: Colombia
Examples of use in Spanish: "los rayos del sol que rielaban en el agua del porrongo cercano".
"siempre llevaba un porrongo lleno de vinagre para el ministerio de curarle las espaldas".
- A long-necked small canteen or a kind of earthenware vessel often used to carry alcoholic beverages. This is the origin of the verb "emporrongarse" which means "to get drunk".
- Calabazo; long shaped gourd used as a vessel.
- Chubby, plump.
♦ Used in: Colombia - Venezuela