Pinto
/ˈpɪntəʊ/ adj, name, noun
adj, name, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A horse with a patchy coloration that includes a white color.
"Chick Norris leaned low over his pinto."
- 2 A member of a mountain tribe of Native Americans living near Acapulco, Mexico.
- 3 a spotted or calico horse or pony wordnet
Adjective
- 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."
Proper Noun
- 1 A municipality in Santiago del Ester, Argentina
- 2 A town in Ñuble Province, Biobío Region, Chile.
- 3 A town in the autonomous community of Madrid, Spain
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"I like pinto beans, but I don't eat them very often."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish pinto (“painted, mottled”).
Etymology 2
From Spanish pinto (“painted, mottled”), from the white speckled pattern they used to apply to their faces.