pinto

pinto

See also: Pinto and pintó

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pinto (“painted, mottled”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪntəʊ/

• Audio (UK)

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Noun

pinto (plural pintos or pintoes)

1. A horse with a patchy coloration that includes white.
   • 1936 August, Joseph S. Fleming, "Flying Hoofs. Chick Norris again leads his Mounted Patrol", in Boys' Life, page 10.

     Chick Norris leaned low over his pinto.

Translations

horse with patchy coloration including white

Czech: grošák m, grošovaný kůň m German: Scheck (de) m, Schecke (de) m, Schecke (de) f Irish: capall alabhreac m, capall breac m Navajo: łį́į́łkiizh Portuguese: cavalo malhado m Volapük: vielajevod

Adjective

pinto (comparative more pinto, superlative most pinto)

1. Pied, mottled.
   • 1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.:

     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.

Derived terms

• pinto bean

Translations

pied, mottled

Bulgarian: шарен (bg) (šaren), петнист (petnist) German: gefleckt (de) Norwegian: Bokmål: flekket Nynorsk: flekka Portuguese: malhado (pt) Turkish: benekli (tr)

See also

• American Paint Horse

Anagrams

• Point, opt in, opt-in, pinot, piton, point, potin

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Bikol Central

Sarong pintô. (A door.)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pin‧to
• IPA^(key): /pinˈtoʔ/

Adjective

pintô

1. closed; locked

   Synonyms: sera, serado, barat

Noun

pintô

1. (formal) door

   Synonyms: puwerta, tata

Derived terms

• magpinto
• maminto
• mapintuan
• pintuan

 

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Catalan

Verb

pinto

1. first-person singular present indicative form of pintar

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpinto]
• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -into
• Hyphenation: pin‧to

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

• kvinpinta
• mampinto
• montopinto
• pintumo
• suprapinto

 

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Galician

maragota (above) and pinto (below)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pinctus (“painted”), replacing Classical Latin pictus.

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

   Synonyms: apigarado, pégaro, pego

Verb

pinto

1. first-person singular present indicative of pintar

References

• “pinto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “pinto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “pinto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pinto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pinctus, replacing Classical Latin pictus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpin.to/
• Rhymes: -into
• Hyphenation: pìn‧to

Participle

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

1. past participle of pingere

Anagrams

• Ponti, ponti

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Japanese

Romanization

pinto

1. Rōmaji transcription of ピント

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Neapolitan

Noun

pinto m (plural pinte)

1. turkey

   Synonyms: gallarinio, galledinio

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpĩ.tu/

• Hyphenation: pin‧to
• Homophone: Pinto
• Rhymes: -ĩtu

Etymology 1

Compare Spanish pito (“cock, dick”).

Noun

pinto m (plural pintos)

1. (zoology) chick (young chicken)

   Synonyms: pito, pintainho

2. (Brazil, vulgar) penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis

Verb

pinto

1. first-person singular present indicative of pintar

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

Etymology 2

From pint +‎ -o, from English pint, q.v. Cognate with Spanish pinta.

Noun

pinto m (plural pintos)

1. (measure) English or American pint, a unit of liquid volume equal to 473, 551, or 568 mL

Alternative forms

• pint, pinta

Synonyms

• quartilho

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Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pinctus (“painted”), replacing Classical Latin pictus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpinto/ [ˈpĩn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -into
• Syllabification: pin‧to

Adjective

pinto (feminine 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

Derived terms

• gallo pinto m

Related terms

• pintar
• pintor
• pintura

 

Descendants

• → English: pinto

See also

• casado m

Verb

pinto

1. first-person singular present indicative of pintar

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• pitón

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Brunei Malay pintu (cf. Bikol Central pinto).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pin‧to
• IPA^(key): /pinˈtoʔ/, [pɪnˈtoʔ]

Noun

pintô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. door

   Synonym: puwerta

Derived terms

• maminto
• mapinto
• napipinto
• pintuan
• pintuin

 

Further reading

• “pinto”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018