pinto

See also: Pinto and pintó

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pinto (painted, mottled).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪntəʊ/

Noun

pinto (plural pintos or pintoes)

  1. A horse with a patchy coloration that includes white.

Translations

Adjective

pinto (comparative more pinto, superlative most pinto)

  1. Pied, mottled.
    • 1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.:
      While Profane, dreamy, went on to tell of his nights with the Alligator Patrol, and how he’d hunted one pinto beast through Fairing’s Parish; cornered and killed it in a chamber lit by some frightening radiance.

Translations

Derived terms

See also

  • American Paint Horse

Anagrams


Bikol Central

Noun

pinto

  1. door

Catalan

Verb

pinto

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of pintar

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpinto/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -into

Noun

pinto (accusative singular pinton, plural pintoj, accusative plural pintojn)

  1. peak, summit
  2. point (of a pointed star)

Derived terms


Galician

maragota (above) and pinto (below)

Etymology

From a Proto-Romance (Vulgar Latin *pinctus) variation of Latin pictus, past participle of pingere (to paint).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpinto̝/

Noun

pinto m (plural pintos)

  1. a spotted variety of Ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta), locally considered a different species

Adjective

pinto m (feminine singular pinta, masculine plural pintos, feminine plural pintas)

  1. mottled, variegated

Verb

pinto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pintar

References

  • pinto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • pinto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • pinto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • pinto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Etymology

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *pinctus, formed analogically as the past participle of *pingo, from Latin pango. See spinto.

Verb

pinto m (feminine singular pinta, masculine plural pinti, feminine plural pinte)

  1. past participle of pingere

Anagrams


Japanese

Romanization

pinto

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ピント

Neapolitan

Noun

pinto m (please add the plural)

  1. turkey
    Synonyms: gallarinio, galledinio

Portuguese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

pinto m (plural pintos)

  1. (zoology) chick (young chicken)
    Synonym: pito
  2. (vulgar, Brazil) penis

Verb

pinto

  1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of pintar
    Eu pintoI paint
    Pinto sempre à noite.I always paint at night.

Spanish

Etymology

From a Proto-Romance (Vulgar Latin *pinctus) variation of Latin pictus, past participle of pingere (to paint).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpinto/, [ˈpĩn̪t̪o]

Adjective

pinto (feminine singular pinta, masculine plural pintos, feminine plural pintas)

  1. (Latin America) spotted, pinto, mottled, blotchy
  2. (Caribbean) clever, cunning
  3. (Caribbean) drunk
  4. (Costa Rica) A meal served for lunch or dinner based on gallo pinto but also with a type of meat and possibly some extras.

Derived terms

See also

Verb

pinto

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of pintar.

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Tagalog

Noun

pintô

  1. door
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