pintal

From Spanish pintar, from Vulgar Latin *pinctāre < *pictāre, frequentative of Latin pingō, or from pictus. The n may have come as a result of influence from the original verb.

• Hyphenation: pin‧tal

pintal

1. paint

pintal

1. to paint, to apply paint
2. to paint over
3. (figurative) to paint; to depict or portray

• pagpintal

• pintai (nonstandard)

Compare with Tagalog pintal (“warp; bend or twist”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpintal/ [ˈpin̪.t̪al]
• Rhymes: -intal
• Syllabification: pin‧tal

pintal (active memintal, passive dipintal)

1. (transitive) to spin (to make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together)

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pinˈtal/ [pɪn̪ˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: pin‧tal

pintál (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ᜔)

1. warp; bend or twist

   Synonyms: kibal, kiwal, pilipit, pintad

• mapintal
• pumintal

• lapnit