pintar

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pinctāre < *pictāre, frequentative of Latin pingō, or from pictus.

Verb

pintar (first-person singular indicative present pinto, past participle pintáu)

1. to paint

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pinctāre < *pictāre, frequentative of Latin pingō, or from pictus.

Verb

pintar (first-person singular present pinto, past participle pintat)

1. to paint

Noun

pintar m (plural [please provide])

1. policeman

References

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Etymology

From Old Portuguese pintar, from Vulgar Latin *pinctāre < *pictāre, frequentative of Latin pingō, or from pictus.

Verb

pintar (first-person singular present pinto, first-person singular preterite pintei, past participle pintado)

1. to paint
2. first-person and third-person singular future subjunctive of pintar
3. first-person and third-person singular personal infinitive of pintar

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pinctāre < *pictāre, frequentative of Latin pingō, or from pictus.

Verb

pintar

1. to paint (apply paint to)
2. (reflexive, se pintar) to get drunk

Etymology

From Old Portuguese pintar, from Vulgar Latin *pinctāre < *pictāre, frequentative of Latin pingō, or from pictus.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pĩˈtaɾ/

Verb

pintar (first-person singular present indicative pinto, past participle pintado)

1. paint (apply paint to)

Etymology

From German Binder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǐntaːr/
• Hyphenation: pin‧tar

Noun

pìntār m (Cyrillic spelling пѝнта̄р)

1. (regional) cooper

References

• “pintar” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pinctāre < *pictāre, frequentative of Latin pingō, or from pictus. The n may have come as a result of influence from the original verb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pinˈtaɾ/, [pĩn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

pintar (first-person singular present pinto, first-person singular preterite pinté, past participle pintado)

1. (transitive) to paint (to apply paint to)
2. (transitive, intransitive) to paint (to create an image with paints)
3. (transitive) to draw (to depict with lines)

   Synonym: dibujar

4. (intransitive, of a situation) to look, to seem

   La cosa no pinta bien. ― Things aren't looking great.

5. (colloquial) to have to do somewhere

   Yo aquí no pinto nada

   I don't fit in here at all.

Further reading

• “pintar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.