tinto

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See also: tintó

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tinto, from Latin tinctus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tinto (feminine tinta, masculine plural tintos, feminine plural tintas)

  1. dark red (wine)
  2. 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)

  1. red wine
  2. a cup of red wine

Derived terms

References

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tinctus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtin.to/
  • Rhymes: -into
  • Hyphenation: tìn‧to

Adjective

tinto (feminine tinta, masculine plural tinti, feminine plural tinte)

  1. dyed

Participle

tinto (feminine tinta, masculine plural tinti, feminine plural tinte)

  1. 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)

  1. dark red (wine)
    vinho tintored wine
    uvas tintasred grapes
  2. tinted; dyed
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

tinto

  1. 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)

  1. dark red (of wine)
Derived terms

Noun

tinto m (plural tintos)

  1. red wine
  2. (Colombia) black coffee
Derived terms
Descendants
  • English: tent

Etymology 2

Verb

tinto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tintar

Further reading