pinto
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pinto¹
- /ˈpɪntəʊ/ UK
- /ˈpɪntoʊ/ Canada, US
- /ˈpɪntəʉ/ Australia
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish pinto (“painted, mottled”).
noun pintos · pintoes
- A horse with a patchy coloration that includes a white color. Chick Norris leaned low over his pinto.
adjective more pinto · most pinto
- 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.
Pinto²
Where it comes from
From Spanish pinto (“painted, mottled”), from the white speckled pattern they used to apply to their faces.
noun Pintos · Pintoes
- A member of a mountain tribe of Native Americans living near Acapulco, Mexico.
proper noun
- A municipality in Santiago del Ester, Argentina
- A town in Ñuble Province, Biobío Region, Chile.
- A town in the autonomous community of Madrid, Spain
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: dumpster, car, garbage, bento, trash, roquette, recio, sousa, ignacio, correia, overo, paint horse, palomino, cropout, tovero, appaloosa
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noun horse with patchy coloration including white
| Português | cavalo malhado |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Scheck, Schecke |
Talk about this word "pinto." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pinto. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pinto. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pinto "pinto." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pinto.Cite this
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title = {pinto},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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