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pinta en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈpaɪnt.ə/

Etymology

From the pronunciation of pint of milk. Compare cuppa.

Meanings

  1. (UK, colloquial) A pint of milk.

Forms

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pintas Number=Plur lexicographic

pinta en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • pĭnʹtə
  • /ˈpɪn.tə/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pinta.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A human skin disease endemic to Mexico, Central America, and South America, caused by infection with a spirochete, Treponema pallidum carateum, which is morphologically and serologically indistinguishable from the organism that causes syphilis.

Deriveds

pintid

Translations (3)

azg tycu ntji (Translations) · es mal de pinto (Translations) · es pinta (Translations)

pinta en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpiːn.tə/
  • pĭnʹtə
  • /ˈpɪn.tə/
  • pēnʹtə

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish.

Meanings

  1. (slang, uncountable) prison