Pinto
English
Etymology
From Spanish pinto (“painted, mottled”), from the white speckled pattern they used to apply to their faces.
Noun
Pinto (plural Pintos or Pintoes)
- A member of a mountain tribe of Native Americans living near Acapulco, Mexico.
Proper noun
Pinto
- A municipality in Santiago del Ester, Argentina
- A town in Ñuble Province, Biobío Region, Chile.
- A town in the autonomous community of Madrid, Spain
Anagrams
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpĩ.tu/
- Rhymes: -ĩtu
- Homophone: pinto
- Hyphenation: Pin‧to
Proper noun
Pinto m or f
- a surname
Spanish
Proper noun
Pinto m
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Pinto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024