Pinto Definition
pĭntō
pintoes, pintos
noun
A pinto horse or pony.
Webster's New World
A horse with patchy markings of white and another color.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
adjective
Marked with patches of white and another, usually dark, color; piebald or skewbald.
Webster's New World
Mottled; pied.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Pinto
Noun
Singular:
pinto
Plural:
pintoes, pintosOrigin of Pinto
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Spanish piebald, spotted from Vulgar Latin pīnctus past participle of Latin pingere to paint peig- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Spanish, painted, mottled, from the white speckled pattern they used to apply to their faces.
From Wiktionary
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Spanish pinto (“painted, mottled").
From Wiktionary
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