tinta

See also: tintá and țintă

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tinta. Doublet of tint.

Noun

tinta (countable and uncountable, plural tintas)

1. (archaic) A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain.

   Synonym: tent wine

2. Tinta roriz; tempranillo.
3. Tinta barroca; a grape variety used in the production of Portuguese port wine.
4. Tinta Francesa; cabernet franc.
5. Tinta miúda; a lesser-known grape variety that is used in blends of some Portuguese wines.

See also

• tent

Anagrams

• 'taint, Nitta, Tanit, Titan, nitta, taint, titan

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin tincta (“dyed”), perfect passive participle of tingō (“dye”, verb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtinta/ [ˈt̪ĩn̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -inta
• Syllabification: tin‧ta

Noun

tinta f (plural tintes)

1. ink (coloured fluid used for writing)

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tincta (“dyed”), perfect passive participle of tingō (“dye”, verb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈtin.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈtin.ta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

tinta f (plural tintes)

1. ink
2. dye
3. (art) colour, tint

   mitja tinta ― half-tint

Derived terms

• de bona tinta
• entintar
• mitges tintes
• tinter

Related terms

• tenyir
• tint
• tintura

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “tinta”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “tinta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tinta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “tinta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tinta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtinta/ [ˈtin̪.ta]
• Hyphenation: tin‧ta

Noun

tínta (Basahan spelling ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. ink

Derived terms

• magtinta
• tintahan

Chamorro

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tinta.

Noun

tinta

1. ink

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish tinta.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tin‧ta

Noun

tinta

1. ink

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ̃.ta/
• Homophones: tintas, tintât

Verb

tinta

1. third-person singular past historic of tinter

Galician

Tinta

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtinta/ [ˈt̪in̪.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -inta
• Hyphenation: tin‧ta

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tinta, tĩta, from Latin tincta (“dyed”), perfect passive participle of tingō (“dye”, verb).

Noun

tinta f (plural tintas)

1. ink (coloured fluid used for writing)
   • 1457, Fernando R. Tato Plaza, editor, Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos, Santiago: Concello da Cultura Galega, page 173:

     Boa tĩta se deue faser en esta guisa: Para hũu neto de tĩta, õça e media de agalla

     The good ink must be prepared in this manner: for preparing a neto of ink, an ounce and a half of oak gall ..

2. ink (the black or dark-colored fluid ejected by squid, octopus etc, as a protective strategy)

   Synonym: borra

3. red grape
4. a particular sickness of the chestnut trees

Derived terms

• tinteiro

Related terms

• tinguir
• tinto
• tintura

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

tinta f sg

1. dyed; colored; reddish (feminine singular of tinto)
   • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 381:

     Et morrerõ y muytas gentes dambas partes, en guisa que [a] agoa de Doyro toda ya tinta de sangue

     And may people died there, from both sides, so that the water of the Douro river went dyed with blood

References

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

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tincta (“dyed”), perfect passive participle of tingō (“dye”, verb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtintɒ]
• Hyphenation: tin‧ta
• Rhymes: -tɒ

Noun

tinta (plural tinták)

1. ink
2. (slang) booze

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	tinta	tinták
accusative	tintát	tintákat
dative	tintának	tintáknak
instrumental	tintával	tintákkal
causal-final	tintáért	tintákért
translative	tintává	tintákká
terminative	tintáig	tintákig
essive-formal	tintaként	tintákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	tintában	tintákban
superessive	tintán	tintákon
adessive	tintánál	tintáknál
illative	tintába	tintákba
sublative	tintára	tintákra
allative	tintához	tintákhoz
elative	tintából	tintákból
delative	tintáról	tintákról
ablative	tintától	tintáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	tintáé	tintáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	tintáéi	tintákéi

Possessive forms of tinta

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	tintám	tintáim
2nd person sing.	tintád	tintáid
3rd person sing.	tintája	tintái
1st person plural	tintánk	tintáink
2nd person plural	tintátok	tintáitok
3rd person plural	tintájuk	tintáik

Derived terms

• tintás
• tintáz
• tintázik

Compound words

• tintahal
• tintapatron
• tintapárna
• tintatartó

Further reading

• tinta in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tinta, from Portuguese tinta, from Old Galician-Portuguese tinta, tĩta, from Latin tincta (“dyed”), perfect passive participle of tingō (“dye”, verb).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtinta/ [ˈt̪in̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -inta
• Syllabification: tin‧ta

Noun

tinta

1. ink

   Synonyms: (both obsolete) dawat, mangsi

Derived terms

• menintai
• peninta
• penintaan
• tinta cetak
• tinta cina
• tinta emas
• tinta koran
• tinta litografi
• tinta stensil

Further reading

• “tinta”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Interlingua

Noun

tinta (plural tintas)

1. paint

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtin.ta/
• Rhymes: -inta
• Hyphenation: tìn‧ta

Etymology 1

From Latin tincta (“dyed”), perfect passive participle of tingō (“dye”, verb).

Noun

tinta f (plural tinte)

1. dye
2. colour/color
3. paint

Derived terms

• in tinta unita (“plain, self-colored”)
• tinteggiare (“to paint”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

tinta f sg

1. feminine singular of tinto

Further reading

• “tinta”, in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• “tinta” in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• “tinta” in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• “tinta” in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• “tinta”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• tanti

Kashubian

Tintë

Alternative forms

• tińta, tint

Etymology

Borrowed from German Tinte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtin.ta/
• Rhymes: -inta
• Syllabification: tin‧ta

Noun

tinta f (related adjective tintowi)

1. ink (fluid used for writing)

   Synonym: atrameńt

Further reading

• Jan Trepczyk (1994), “atrament”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “atrament”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “tinta”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀢𑀺𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• तिन्त (Devanagari script)
• তিন্ত (Bengali script)
• තින‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
• တိန္တ or တိၼ္တ or တိၼ်တ (Burmese script)
• ตินฺต or ตินตะ (Thai script)
• ᨲᩥᨶ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ຕິນ຺ຕ or ຕິນຕະ (Lao script)
• តិន្ត (Khmer script)
• 𑄖𑄨𑄚𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

Adjective

tinta

1. wet
2. moist

Portuguese

tinta

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃĩ.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtĩ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -ĩtɐ
• Hyphenation: tin‧ta

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese tinta, tĩta, from Latin tincta (“dyed”), perfect passive participle of tingō (“dye”, verb).

Noun

tinta f (plural tintas)

1. paint
2. ink
3. dye

Derived terms

• tinteiro
• troca-tintas
• estar-se nas tintas
• fazer correr muita tinta

Related terms

• tingir

Descendants

• → Konkani: तींत (tīnta)
• → Malay: tinta
  • Indonesian: tinta

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

tinta

1. feminine singular of tinto

Noun

tinta f (plural tintas)

1. (Azores, vulgar) vagina

Etymology 3

Verb

tinta

1. inflection of tintar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “tinta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tinta”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “tinta” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “tinta”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “tinta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “tinta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Sassarese

ampulli di tinta – ink bottles

Etymology

From Catalan and Spanish tinta, from Latin tīncta, derived from tingō (“to wet; to colour, dye”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtinta/

Noun

tinta f (plural tinti)

1. (uncountable) ink (coloured fluid used for writing)
2. ink (particular type of this fluid)
3. (uncountable) ink (dark fluid ejected by squid etc.)
4. dye
5. paint job

Related terms

• tignidori
• tignì
• tinteggiaddura
• tintori
• tintu
• tintura
• tinturia

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006), Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Tinte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtin.ta/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -inta
• Syllabification: tin‧ta

Noun

tinta f

1. ink (pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing)

Further reading

• Barbara Podgórska; Adam Podgóski (2008), “tinta”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian dialects] (in Polish), Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 294

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtinta/ [ˈt̪ĩn̪.t̪a]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -inta
• Syllabification: tin‧ta

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin tincta (“dyed”), perfect passive participle of tingō (“dye”, verb). Cognate with English tint, Dutch tint, Estonian tint, French teinte, German Tinte, Hungarian tinta, Italian tinta, Luxembourgish Tintin, and Portuguese tinta.

Noun

tinta f (plural tintas)

1. (writing) ink

Derived terms

• cagatintas
• cargar las tintas
• chupatintas
• de buena tinta
• medias tintas
• sudar tinta
• tinta china
• tinterillo
• tintero

Related terms

• teñir
• tinto
• tintura

Descendants

• → Tagalog: tinta
• → Tataltepec Chatino: tintya
• → Yogad: tinta

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

tinta

1. feminine singular of tinto

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tinta

1. inflection of tintar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “tinto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• titán

Swazi

Noun

tínta class 10

1. pubic hair

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *teng-der.

Proto-Italic *tengō

Latin tīngō

Latin tīnctus

Latin tincta

Spanish tintabor.

Tagalog tinta

Borrowed from Spanish tinta, from Latin tincta. Compare English tint. Doublet of tina.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtinta/ [ˈt̪in̪.t̪ɐ], /tinˈta/ [t̪ɪn̪ˈt̪a]
• Rhymes: -inta, -a
• Syllabification: tin‧ta

Noun

tinta or tintá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. ink (used in writing, drawing, printing, etc.)
2. ink (of cephalopods)

Derived terms

• malatinta
• matinta
• matintahan
• tintahan
• tintahin

Related terms

• tintero
• tina

See also

• dingsol

Further reading

• “tinta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 575: “Tinta) Tinta (pc) C. negra y buena q̃ viena de China”

Yogad

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tinta (“ink”).

Noun

tinta

1. ink