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pinto en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpɪntoʊ/ (Canada, General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈpɪntəʉ/ (Australia)
  • /ˈpɪntəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pinto (“painted, mottled”).

Meanings

  1. Pied, mottled.
    • 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. 1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most pinto Degree=Sup lexicographic
more pinto Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

pinto bean

Relateds

American Paint Horse

Translations (8)

pl łaciaty (pied, mottled) · de gefleckt (pied, mottled) · bg петнист (pied, mottled) · bg шарен (pied, mottled) · tr benekli (pied, mottled) · nn flekka (pied, mottled) · pt malhado (pied, mottled) · nb flekket (pied, mottled)

pinto en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpɪntoʊ/ (Canada, General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈpɪntəʉ/ (Australia)
  • /ˈpɪntəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pinto (“painted, mottled”).

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:horse color) A horse with a patchy coloration that includes a white color.
    • Chick Norris leaned low over his pinto. 1936 August, Joseph S. Fleming, “Flying Hoofs. Chick Norris again leads his Mounted Patrol”, in Boys' Life, page 10:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
pintos Number=Plur lexicographic
pintoes Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (11)

de Schecke (horse with patchy coloration including white) · pl koń łaciaty (horse with patchy coloration including white) · ga capall breac (horse with patchy coloration including white) · pt cavalo malhado (horse with patchy coloration including white) · cs grošovaný kůň (horse with patchy coloration including white) · de Schecke (horse with patchy coloration including white) · nv łį́į́łkiizh (horse with patchy coloration including white) · ga capall alabhreac (horse with patchy coloration including white) · cs grošák (horse with patchy coloration including white) · de Scheck (horse with patchy coloration including white) · vo vielajevod (horse with patchy coloration including white)