pinto
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɪntəʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
pinto (plural pintos or pintoes)
- A horse with a patchy coloration that includes a white color.
- 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
Adjective
pinto (comparative more pinto, superlative most pinto)
- 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
Translations
See also
- American Paint Horse
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pinˈtoʔ/, [pin̪ˈtoʔ]
- Hyphenation: pin‧to
Adjective
pintô (plural pirinto, Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)
Catalan
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpinto]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -into
- Hyphenation: pin‧to
Derived terms
- kvinpinta
- mampinto
- montopinto
- pintumo
- suprapinto
Galician
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *pinctus (“painted”), replacing Classical Latin pictus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpinto̝/
Noun
pinto m (plural pintos)
- a spotted variety of Ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta), locally considered a different species
Adjective
pinto (feminine pinta, masculine plural pintos, feminine plural pintas)
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.
Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *pinctus, replacing Classical Latin pictus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpin.to/
- Rhymes: -into
- Hyphenation: pìn‧to
Portuguese
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). Compare Spanish pito (“cock, dick”).
Noun
pinto m (plural pintos)
Noun
pinto m (plural pintos)
Synonyms
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pinctus (“painted”), replacing Classical Latin pictus. Compare Sicilian pintu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpinto/ [ˈpĩn̪.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -into
- Syllabification: pin‧to
Adjective
pinto (feminine pinta, masculine plural pintos, feminine plural pintas)
- (Latin America) spotted, pinto, mottled, blotchy
- (Caribbean) clever, cunning
- (Caribbean) drunk
- (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
Descendants
- → English: pinto
See also
- casado m
Further reading
- “pinto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Brunei Malay pintu (cf. Bikol Central pinto).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pinˈtoʔ/, [pɪnˈtoʔ]
- Hyphenation: pin‧to
Derived terms
- maminto
- mapinto
- napipinto
- pintuan
- pintuin
Further reading
- “pinto”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018