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Italian
Etymology
From vario + pinto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌva.rjoˈpin.to/[1]
- Rhymes: -into
- Hyphenation: va‧rio‧pìn‧to
Adjective
variopinto (feminine variopinta, masculine plural variopinti, feminine plural variopinte)
- multicolored, varicolored
- Synonyms: multicolore, policromo
- pied
Descendants
References
- ^ variopinto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Further reading
- variopinto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian variopinto (“multicoloured”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baɾjoˈpinto/
- Rhymes: -into
- Syllabification: va‧rio‧pin‧to
Adjective
variopinto (feminine variopinta, masculine plural variopintos, feminine plural variopintas)
- multicoloured, colorful
- Synonym: abigarrado
- (figurative) motley, varied, diverse, eclectic
- Synonyms: multiforme, mezclado, diverso
2020 July 6, Pablo Linde, “Mapa de los brotes: un cambio de fase, dos confinamientos y dos edificios en cuarentena”, in El País:Las soluciones, como da cuenta la enumeración anterior, son variopintas: no hay un número mínimo de casos para decidir un confinamiento, tampoco está tasada el área, todo depende de lo que los expertos en salud pública consideren necesario para contener al virus.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- multifaceted
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