pinto

See also Pinto

English

Etymology

Spanish pinto (“painted, mottled”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpɪntəʊ/

Noun

pinto (plural pintos or pintoes)

1. (zoology) A horse with a patchy coloration that includes white.

Translations

horse with patchy coloration including white

Portuguese: cavalo malhado (pt)

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.

Translations

pied, mottled

Portuguese: malhado (pt)

Derived terms

• pinto bean

See also

• American Paint Horse

Anagrams

• opt in, opt-in, pinot, piton, point

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Catalan

Verb

pinto

1. First-person singular present indicative form of pintar.

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Esperanto

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

• mampinto
• montopinto
• suprapinto

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Galician

Verb

pinto

1. first-person singular present indicative of pintar

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Italian

Verb

pinto m (f pinta, m plural pinti, f plural pinte)

1. Past participle of pingere

Anagrams

• ponti

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Neapolitan

Noun

pinto m. (plural pinte)

1. turkey

Synonyms

• gallarinio
• galledinio

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Portuguese

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.

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpinto/

Adjective

pinto

1. (Latin America) spotted, pinto, 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

• gallo pinto m.

See also

• casado m.

Verb

pinto (infinitive pintar)

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

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Tagalog

Noun

pinto

1. door