Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pinto

/ˈpɪntoʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English

Syllables: pin-to
IPA: /ˈpɪntoʊ/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

adj

noun

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

name

A municipality in Santiago del Ester, Argentina

name

A town in Ñuble Province, Biobío Region, Chile.

name

A town in the autonomous community of Madrid, Spain

Example Sentences

"Chick Norris leaned low over his pinto."
"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."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pinto (“painted, mottled”).

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: pinto

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈpɪntoʊ/
British English: /ˈpɪntəʊ/

Inflected Forms

pintos (plural) pintoes (plural) more pinto (comparative) most pinto (superlative)

Phrases

pinto bean American Paint Horse

Frequently Paired Words

American Paint Horse

Rhymes With

shinto dipinto

Questions

How do you pronounce pinto?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɪntoʊ/.
What does pinto mean?: A horse with a patchy coloration that includes a white color.
Where does pinto come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

How to pronounce pinto

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