Pinto

//ˈpɪntəʊ// adj, name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A horse with a patchy coloration that includes a white color.

    "Chick Norris leaned low over his pinto."

  2. 2
    A member of a mountain tribe of Native Americans living near Acapulco, Mexico.
  3. 3
    a spotted or calico horse or pony wordnet
Adjective
  1. 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. 1
    A municipality in Santiago del Ester, Argentina
  2. 2
    A town in Ñuble Province, Biobío Region, Chile.
  3. 3
    A town in the autonomous community of Madrid, Spain

Synonyms

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baybayardbuckskincalicocalico ponychestnut

Example

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"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.

Related phrases

pinto beanamerican paint horseautonomous communitynative americansantiago del ester

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