tinto

See also: tintó

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tinto, from Latin tinctus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtinto̝/

Adjective

tinto (feminine tinta, masculine plural tintos, feminine plural tintas)

  1. dark red (wine)
  2. tinted; dyed
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 407:
      Et os rríos corríã ja tintos de sange dos que nõ erã aýnda enterrados nẽ queymados
      And the rivers run [red] tinted with the blood of the ones that have not been buried or cremated

Noun

tinto m (plural tintos)

  1. red wine
  2. a cup of red wine

Derived terms

References

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tinctus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtin.to/
  • Rhymes: -into
  • Hyphenation: tìn‧to

Adjective

tinto (feminine tinta, masculine plural tinti, feminine plural tinte)

  1. dyed

Participle

tinto (feminine tinta, masculine plural tinti, feminine plural tinte)

  1. past participle of tingere

Further reading

  • tinto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • tinto in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese tinto, from Latin tinctus, perfect passive participle of tingō.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃĩ.tu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃĩ.to/

  • Rhymes: -ĩtu
  • Hyphenation: tin‧to

Adjective

tinto (feminine tinta, masculine plural tintos, feminine plural tintas)

  1. dark red (wine)
    vinho tintored wine
    uvas tintasred grapes
  2. tinted; dyed
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

tinto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tintar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtinto/ [ˈt̪ĩn̪.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -into
  • Syllabification: tin‧to

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin tīnctus, perfect passive participle of tingō.

Adjective

tinto (feminine tinta, masculine plural tintos, feminine plural tintas)

  1. dark red (of wine)
Derived terms

Noun

tinto m (plural tintos)

  1. red wine
  2. (Colombia) black coffee
Derived terms
Descendants
  • English: tent

Etymology 2

Verb

tinto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tintar

Further reading