pinto

See also: Pinto, pin to, and pintó

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪntəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

pinto (plural pintos or pintoes)

1. 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

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

Bikol Central

Sarong pintô. (A door.)

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay pintu.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pintô (Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. (formal) door

   Synonyms: puwerta, tata

Adjective

pintô (plural pirinto, Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. (informal) closed; locked

   Synonyms: serado, barat

Verb

pintô (Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. (informal) to close; to lock

   Synonyms: sera, barat

Derived terms

• magpinto
• maminto
• mapintuan
• pintuan
• pintuon

 

Catalan

Verb

pinto

1. first-person singular present indicative of pintar

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpinto]

• Audio:

  (file)

• 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

 

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 (feminine 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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pinto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pinto”, 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), “pinto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pinto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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

Japanese

Romanization

pinto

1. Rōmaji transcription of ピント

Neapolitan

Noun

pinto m (plural pinte)

1. turkey

   Synonyms: gallarinio, galledinio

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpĩ.tu/

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

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)

1. (zoology) chick (young chicken)

   Synonyms: pito, pintainho

2. (Brazil, vulgar) penis, especially small

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis

Etymology 2

Borrowed 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

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pinto

1. first-person singular present indicative of pintar

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)

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
• pato pinto

 

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Anagrams

• pitón

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pinˈtoʔ/ [pɪn̪ˈt̪oʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: pin‧to

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, 2018

Anagrams

• tipon