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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish pinto ( “ painted, mottled ” ) .
Pronunciation
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
horse with patchy coloration including white
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.
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Bikol Central
Sarong pintô . (A door .)
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay pintu .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /pinˈtoʔ/
Hyphenation: pin‧to
Noun
pintô (Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ )
( formal ) door
Synonyms: puwerta , tata
Adjective
pintô (plural pirinto , Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ )
( informal ) closed ; locked
Synonyms: serado , barat
Verb
pintô (Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ )
( informal ) to close ; to lock
Synonyms: sera , barat
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Catalan
Verb
pinto
first-person singular present indicative of pintar
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Noun
pinto (accusative singular pinton , plural pintoj , accusative plural pintojn )
peak , summit
point ( of a pointed star )
Derived terms
Galician
maragota (above) and pinto (below)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *pinctus ( “ painted ” ) , replacing Classical Latin pictus .
Pronunciation
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 )
mottled , variegated
Synonyms: apigarado , pégaro , pego
Verb
pinto
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
Participle
pinto (feminine pinta , masculine plural pinti , feminine plural pinte )
past participle of pingere
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Japanese
Romanization
pinto
Rōmaji transcription of ピント
Neapolitan
Noun
pinto m (plural pinte )
turkey
Synonyms: gallarinio , galledinio
Portuguese
Pronunciation
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 )
( zoology ) chick ( young chicken )
Synonyms: pito , pintainho
( 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 )
( measure ) English or American pint , a unit of liquid volume equal to 473, 551, or 568 mL
Synonyms
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
pinto
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/
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
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Verb
pinto
first-person singular present indicative of pintar
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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Brunei Malay pintu (cf. Bikol Central pinto ).
Pronunciation
Noun
pintô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ )
door
Synonym: puwerta
Derived terms
Further reading
“pinto ”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila, 2018
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