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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese tinto, from Latin tinctus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
tinto (feminine tinta, masculine plural tintos, feminine plural tintas)
- dark red (wine)
- tinted; dyed
1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 407:Et os rríos corríã ja tintos de sange dos que nõ erã aýnda enterrados nẽ queymados- And the rivers run tinted with the blood of the ones that have not been buried or cremated
Noun
tinto m (plural tintos)
- red wine
- a cup of red wine
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tinto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tinto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tinto”, 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), “tinto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tinto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin tinctus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
tinto (feminine tinta, masculine plural tinti, feminine plural tinte)
- dyed
Participle
tinto (feminine tinta, masculine plural tinti, feminine plural tinte)
- past participle of tingere
Further reading
- tinto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- tinto in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese tinto, from Latin tinctus, perfect passive participle of tingō.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ĩtu
- Hyphenation: tin‧to
Adjective
tinto (feminine tinta, masculine plural tintos, feminine plural tintas)
- dark red (wine)
- vinho tinto ― red wine
- uvas tintas ― red grapes
- tinted; dyed
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
tinto
- first-person singular present indicative of tintar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtinto/
- Rhymes: -into
- Syllabification: tin‧to
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin tīnctus, perfect passive participle of tingō.
Adjective
tinto (feminine tinta, masculine plural tintos, feminine plural tintas)
- dark red (of wine)
Derived terms
Noun
tinto m (plural tintos)
- red wine
- (Colombia) black coffee
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Verb
tinto
- first-person singular present indicative of tintar
Further reading