pinto
pinto Lexical Profile
pinto Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Having a coat with large irregular patches of white and another color, especially of a horse.
"The rancher rode a pinto mare across the dusty pasture."
• noun
A horse or pony (Equus caballus) having a coat with large, irregular patches of white and another dark or chestnut color.
"She learned to ride on a gentle pinto at her grandfather's farm."
North American The mottled, beige-and-brown edible seed of a widely cultivated variety of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), commonly used dried or cooked in Mexican and Southwestern cuisine.
"She soaked a pot of pintos overnight to make refried beans for dinner."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-19th century from American Spanish 'pinto' ('painted, mottled'), ultimately from Vulgar Latin '*pinctus', an alteration of Classical Latin 'pictus', the past participle of 'pingere' ('to paint').