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

A member of a mountain tribe of Native Americans living near Acapulco, Mexico.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
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, pintos

Origin of Pinto

  • 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

  • Spanish, painted, mottled, from the white speckled pattern they used to apply to their faces.

    From Wiktionary

  • Spanish pinto (“painted, mottled").

    From Wiktionary

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