pintar

See also: Pintar

Aragonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

pintar

1. (transitive) to paint

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “pintar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

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Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pinctāre < *pictāre, frequentative of Latin pingō, through the past participle pictus.

Verb

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

1. to paint

Conjugation

Conjugation of pintar

infinitive		pintar
gerund		pintando
past participle		m pintáu, f pintada, n pintao, m pl pintaos, f pl pintaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	pinto	pintes	pinta	pintamos	pintáis	pinten
	imperfect	pintaba	pintabes	pintaba	pintábemos, pintábamos	pintabeis, pintabais	pintaben
	preterite	pinté	pintasti, pintesti	pintó	pintemos	pintastis, pintestis	pintaron
	pluperfect	pintare, pintara	pintares, pintaras	pintare, pintara	pintáremos, pintáramos	pintareis, pintarais	pintaren, pintaran
	future	pintaré	pintarás	pintará	pintaremos	pintaréis	pintarán
	conditional	pintaría	pintaríes	pintaría	pintaríemos, pintaríamos	pintaríeis, pintaríais	pintaríen
subjunctive	present	pinte	pintes, pintas	pinte	pintemos	pintéis	pinten, pintan
	imperfect	pintare, pintara	pintares, pintaras	pintare, pintara	pintáremos, pintáramos	pintareis, pintarais	pintaren, pintaran
imperative		—	pinta	—	—	pintái	—

Related terms

• pintor
• pintura

 

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan pintar, from Vulgar Latin *pinctāre < *pictāre, frequentative of Latin pingō, through the past participle pictus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pinˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pinˈtaɾ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

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

1. to paint

Derived terms

• pintallavis
• pintaungles

Related terms

• pintor
• pintura

References

• “pintar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “pintar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Cimbrian

Noun

pintar m

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

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese pintar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) from Vulgar Latin *pinctāre < *pictāre, frequentative of Latin pingō, through the past participle pictus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pinˈtaɾ/

Verb

1. to paint
2. to be coloured
3. to seem, appear
4. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of pintar
5. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of pintar

Related terms

• pintor
• pintura

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pintar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pintar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pintar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pintar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pintar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Indonesian

Adjective

pintar

1. bright, smart

   Antonym: bodoh

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Malay

Adjective

pintar (Jawi spelling ڤينتر)

1. smart, genius

   Antonyms: bodoh, dungu

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• kepintaran (“intelligence”) [passive + timespan / emotion] (ke- + -an)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pin‧tar

Further reading

• “pintar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan pintar, from Vulgar Latin *pinctāre < *pictāre, frequentative of Latin pingō, through the past participle pictus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pinˈta]

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

pintar

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

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		pintar			aver pintat
gerund		pintant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pintat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pinti	pintas	pinta	pintam	pintatz	pintan
	imperfect	pintavi	pintavas	pintava	pintàvem	pintàvetz	pintavan
	preterite	pintèri	pintères	pintèt	pintèrem	pintèretz	pintèron
	future	pintarai	pintaràs	pintarà	pintarem	pintaretz	pintaràn
	conditional	pintariái	pintariás	pintariá	pintariam	pintariatz	pintarián
	conditional 2nd form1	pintèra	pintèras	pintèra	pinteram	pinteratz	pintèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pinte	pintes	pinte	pintem	pintetz	pinten
	imperfect	pintèssi	pintèsses	pintèsse	pintèssem	pintèssetz	pintèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pinta		pintem	pintatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		pintar			aver pintat
gerund		pintant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pintat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pinte	pintes	pinta	pintam	pintatz	pinton
	imperfect	pintave	pintaves	pintava	pintaviam	pintaviatz	pintavon
	preterite	pintere	pinteres	pintet	pintem	pintetz	pinteron
	future	pintarai	pintaràs	pintará	pintarem	pintaretz	pintarán
	conditional	pintariá	pintariás	pintariá	pintariam	pintariatz	pintarián
	conditional 2nd form1	pintèra	pintèras	pintèra	pinteram	pinteratz	pintèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pinte	pintes	pinte	pintassiam	pintassiatz	pinton
	imperfect	pintesse	pintesses	pintesse	pintessiam	pintessiatz	pintesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pinta		pintassiam	pintatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		pintar			aver pintat
gerund		pintant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pintat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pinti	pintas	pinta	pintam	pintatz	pintan
	imperfect	pintavi	pintavas	pintava	pintàvam	pintàvatz	pintavan
	preterite	pintèi	pintès	pintè	pintèm	pintètz	pintèn
	future	pintarèi	pintaràs	pintarà	pintaram	pintaratz	pintaràn
	conditional	pintarí	pintarés	pintaré	pintarem	pintaretz	pintarén
	conditional 2nd form1	pintèra	pintèras	pintèra	pinteram	pinteratz	pintèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pinti	pintes	pinte	pintem	pintetz	pinten
	imperfect	pintèssi	pintèsses	pintèsse	pintèssem	pintèssetz	pintèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pinta		pintem	pintatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		pintar			aver pintat
gerund		pintant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pintat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pinte	pintas	pinta	pintam	pintatz	pintan
	imperfect	pintava	pintavas	pintava	pintàvam	pintàvatz	pintavan
	preterite	pintei	pinteras	pintet	pintèram	pintèratz	pinteran
	future	pintarai	pintaràs	pintará	pintarem	pintaretz	pintarán
	conditional	pintariá	pintariàs	pintariá	pintariam	pintariatz	pintarián
	conditional 2nd form1	pintèra	pintèras	pintèra	pinteram	pinteratz	pintèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pinte	pintes	pinte	pintem	pintetz	pinten
	imperfect	pintèsse	pintèsses	pintèsse	pintèssem	pintèssetz	pintèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pinta		pintem	pintatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		pintar			aver pintat
gerund		pintant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pintat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pinte	pintes	pinta	pintam	pintatz	pintan
	imperfect	pintavi	pintavas	pintava	pintàvem	pintàvetz	pintavan
	preterite	pintère	pintères	pintèt	pinteriam	pinteriatz	pintèron
	future	pintarai	pintaràs	pintarà	pintarem	pintaretz	pintaràn
	conditional	pintariáu	pintariás	pintariá	pintariam	pintariatz	pintarián
	conditional 2nd form1	pintèra	pintèras	pintèra	pinteram	pinteratz	pintèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pinte	pintes	pinte	pintem	pintetz	pintan
	imperfect	pintèsse	pintèsses	pintèsse	pintessiam	pintessiatz	pintèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pinta		pintem	pintatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• pénher
• pintor
• pintura

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pintar, from Vulgar Latin *pinctāre < *pictāre, frequentative of Latin pingō, through the past participle pictus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pĩˈta(ʁ)/ [pĩˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pĩˈta(ʁ)/ [pĩˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pĩˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pĩˈta(ʁ)/ [pĩˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pĩˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pĩˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pĩˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pĩˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pin‧tar

Verb

1. (transitive) to paint (apply paint to)
2. Template:pt-verb-form-of

Derived terms

• pintável

Related terms

• pintor
• pintura

 

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pintar.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Binder.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pìntār m (Cyrillic spelling пѝнта̄р)

1. (regional) cooper

Declension

Declension of pintar

	singular	plural
nominative	pintar	pintari
genitive	pintara	pintara
dative	pintaru	pintarima
accusative	pintara	pintare
vocative	pintaru	pintari
locative	pintaru	pintarima
instrumental	pintarom	pintarima

References

• “pintar” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pinctāre < *pictāre, frequentative of Latin pingō, through the past participle pictus. The nasal infix of the -n- may have come as a result of influence from the original verb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pinˈtaɾ/ [pĩn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pin‧tar

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. (transitive) to depict, portray (as something)

   Ellas me pintaron como el malo. ― They painted me as the villain.

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

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

6. (colloquial, chiefly in the negative) to have to do somewhere

   Yo aquí no pinto nada. ― I don't fit in here at all.

   • 2021 December 7, Silvia Ayuso, “La violencia en el primer mitin del ultra Éric Zemmour enturbia la campaña electoral francesa”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Pero también dijo que no se siente “para nada responsable”, porque los activistas antirracistas “no pintaban nada ahí” y les acusó de ser unos “perros rastreadores de subvenciones” que solo buscan “provocar”.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

7. (reflexive) to make up one's face
8. (reflexive) to put lipstick on oneself
9. (reflexive) to color one's hair

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pintar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			pintar
gerund			pintando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pintado		pintada
		plural		pintados		pintadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pinto	pintastú pintásvos	pinta	pintamos	pintáis	pintan
	imperfect	pintaba	pintabas	pintaba	pintábamos	pintabais	pintaban
	preterite	pinté	pintaste	pintó	pintamos	pintasteis	pintaron
	future	pintaré	pintarás	pintará	pintaremos	pintaréis	pintarán
	conditional	pintaría	pintarías	pintaría	pintaríamos	pintaríais	pintarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pinte	pintestú pintésvos2	pinte	pintemos	pintéis	pinten
	imperfect (ra)	pintara	pintaras	pintara	pintáramos	pintarais	pintaran
	imperfect (se)	pintase	pintases	pintase	pintásemos	pintaseis	pintasen
	future1	pintare	pintares	pintare	pintáremos	pintareis	pintaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pintatú pintávos	pinte	pintemos	pintad	pinten
	negative		no pintes	no pinte	no pintemos	no pintéis	no pinten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of pintar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive pintar
	dative	pintarme	pintarte	pintarle, pintarse	pintarnos	pintaros	pintarles, pintarse
	accusative	pintarme	pintarte	pintarlo, pintarla, pintarse	pintarnos	pintaros	pintarlos, pintarlas, pintarse
with gerund pintando
	dative	pintándome	pintándote	pintándole, pintándose	pintándonos	pintándoos	pintándoles, pintándose
	accusative	pintándome	pintándote	pintándolo, pintándola, pintándose	pintándonos	pintándoos	pintándolos, pintándolas, pintándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative pinta
	dative	píntame	píntate	píntale	píntanos	not used	píntales
	accusative	píntame	píntate	píntalo, píntala	píntanos	not used	píntalos, píntalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative pintá
	dative	pintame	pintate	pintale	pintanos	not used	pintales
	accusative	pintame	pintate	pintalo, pintala	pintanos	not used	pintalos, pintalas
with formal second-person singular imperative pinte
	dative	pínteme	not used	píntele, píntese	píntenos	not used	pínteles
	accusative	pínteme	not used	píntelo, píntela, píntese	píntenos	not used	píntelos, píntelas
with first-person plural imperative pintemos
	dative	not used	pintémoste	pintémosle	pintémonos	pintémoos	pintémosles
	accusative	not used	pintémoste	pintémoslo, pintémosla	pintémonos	pintémoos	pintémoslos, pintémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative pintad
	dative	pintadme	not used	pintadle	pintadnos	pintaos	pintadles
	accusative	pintadme	not used	pintadlo, pintadla	pintadnos	pintaos	pintadlos, pintadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative pinten
	dative	píntenme	not used	píntenle	píntennos	not used	píntenles, píntense
	accusative	píntenme	not used	píntenlo, píntenla	píntennos	not used	píntenlos, píntenlas, píntense

Derived terms

• batará pintado
• conejo pintado
• el más pintado
• la ocasión, la pintan calva
• papel pintado
• pintacaras
• pintacaritas
• pintalabios
• pintar la mona
• pintauñas

 

Related terms

• pintarse
• pinto
• pintor
• pintoresco
• pintura

 

Further reading

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