pinto

Etymology

Spanish pinto (“painted, mottled”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪntəʊ/

Noun

pinto (plural pintos or pintoes)

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

Adjective

pinto (comparative more pinto, superlative most pinto)

1. Pied, mottled.

   • 1963, 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. — Thomas Pynchon, V.

Derived terms

• pinto bean

See also

• American Paint Horse

Anagrams

• opt in, opt-in, pinot, piton, point

Noun

pinto

1. door

Verb

pinto

1. first-person singular present indicative form of pintar

Noun

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

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

Etymology

From a Proto-Romance 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 Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “pinto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

From Latin pictus, through a nasalized Vulgar Latin variant *pinctus.

Verb

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

1. past participle of pingere

Anagrams

• ponti

Noun

pinto m (please add the plural)

1. turkey

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpĩ.tu/

Noun

pinto m (plural pintos)

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

Verb

pinto

1. present indicative first-person singular of pintar.

   Eu pinto ― I paint

   .

   Pinto sempre à noite. ― I always paint at night.

Etymology

From a Proto-Romance variation of Latin pictus, past participle of pingere (“to paint”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpinto/

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.

Verb

pinto

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

Anagrams

• pitón

Noun

pintô

1. door