pinta

From the pronunciation of pint o' milk. Compare cuppa.

• (UK) enPR: pīntʹə, IPA^(key): /ˈpaɪnt.ə/

pinta (plural pintas)

1. (Britain, colloquial) A pint of milk.

Borrowed from Spanish pinta.

• (UK) enPR: pĭntʹə, IPA^(key): /ˈpɪnt.ə/

pinta (uncountable)

1. A human skin disease endemic to Mexico, Central America, and South America, caused by infection with a spirochete, Treponema pallidum carateum, which is morphologically and serologically indistinguishable from the organism that causes syphilis.

Borrowed from Spanish.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpinta/

pinta (uncountable)

1. (Chicano, slang) prison

• Atnip, NAITP, Paint, inapt, inpat, nip at, paint, patin, tap in, tap-in

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈpin.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpin.ta/

From Latin pecten, pectinem.

pinta f (plural pintes)

1. comb

• pentinar

From the feminine of Vulgar Latin pinctus, from Latin pictus, past participle of pingō (“I paint”).

pinta f (plural pintes)

1. appearance, look

• aspecte

pinta

1. third-person singular present indicative form of pintar
2. second-person singular imperative form of pintar

• “pinta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

pinta f

1. pint (unit of volume)

• pinta in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• pinta in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

From Proto-Finnic *pinta, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *spindaz; cognate to Old English spind and Dutch spint (spinthout). Finnic cognates include Estonian pind.

pinta

1. surface

• pinttyä
• pinnoittaa

• napit, panit, patin, tapin, tipan

• Homophones: pintas, pintât

pinta

1. third-person singular past historic of pinter

pinta

1. third-person singular present indicative of pintar
2. second-person singular imperative of pintar

pinta (plural pinta-pinta, first-person possessive pintaku, second-person possessive pintamu, third-person possessive pintanya)

1. request

pinta

1. to ask

pinta f (plural pinte)

1. pint

• (Brazil, Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpĩ.tɐ/

Inflected form of pintar (“to paint”).

pinta f (plural pintas)

1. naevus

   Synonyms: nevo, mancha, sinal

2. a small spot, dot or stain

   Synonyms: mancha, sinal

3. suit (card game category)

   Synonym: naipe

4. appearance, look

   Synonyms: aparência, cara, aspecto, fisionomia

• (appearance):
  • boa pinta
  • pinta-brava

• Japanese: ピン (pin)

pinta

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of pintar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of pintar

Borrowed from French pinte (“pint”).

pinta f (uncountable)

1. pint (unit of measure)

   Synonyms: pinto, quartilho

• IPA^(key): /ˈpinta/, [ˈpĩn̪t̪a]

pinta f (plural pintas)

1. look, appearance
2. a small spot, dot or stain
3. (US Southwest, Northern Mexico, slang) jail[1]
4. (Dominican Republic, Colombia, slang) being well-dressed or well-put

• aspecto

pinta

1. Feminine singular of adjective pinto.

pinta

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of pintar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of pintar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of pintar.