pinto
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish pinto (“painted, mottled”).
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Noun edit
pinto (plural pintos or pintoes)
- A horse with a patchy coloration that includes white.
- 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.
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Adjective edit
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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pintô (Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)
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pintô (plural pirinto, Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)
Verb edit
pintô (Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)
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pinto
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pinto (accusative singular pinton, plural pintoj, accusative plural pintojn)
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Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *pinctus (“painted”), replacing Classical Latin pictus.
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Noun edit
pinto m (plural pintos)
- a spotted variety of Ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta), locally considered a different species
Adjective edit
pinto (feminine pinta, masculine plural pintos, feminine plural pintas)
Verb edit
pinto
References edit
- “pinto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “pinto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “pinto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “pinto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *pinctus, replacing Classical Latin pictus.
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Participle edit
pinto (feminine pinta, masculine plural pinti, feminine plural pinte)
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pinto
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pinto m (plural pinte)
- turkey
- Synonyms: gallarinio, galledinio
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Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). Compare Spanish pito (“cock, dick”).
Noun edit
pinto m (plural pintos)
- (zoology) chick (young chicken)
- (Brazil, vulgar) penis, especially small
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from English pint, q.v. Cognate with Spanish pinta.
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pinto m (plural pintos)
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Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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pinto
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pinctus (“painted”), replacing Classical Latin pictus. Compare Sicilian pintu.
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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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- → English: pinto
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- casado m
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pinto
Further reading edit
- “pinto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Brunei Malay pintu (cf. Bikol Central pinto).
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Noun edit
pintô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)
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Further reading edit
- “pinto”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018