pinto

pinto
I. noun (plural pintos; also pintoes) Etymology: American Spanish, from pinto spotted, from obsolete Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *pinctus Date: 1860 a horse or pony of various breeding that is marked with patches of white and another color — compare paint, piebald, skewbald II. adjective Date: 1865 pied, mottled

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  • PINTO, DE — PINTO, DE, family of Dutch jurists of Sephardi origin. ABRAHAM DE PINTO (1811–1878), Dutch jurist and public worker, was the elder brother of Aaron Adolf de Pinto. He graduated in law from the University of Leiden. He became editor of the law… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • pinto — 1860, marked black and white, from Amer.Sp. pinto, lit. painted, spotted, from Sp., from V.L. *pinctus, from L. pictus painted, pp. of pingere to paint (see PAINT (Cf. paint)). Pinto bean is attested from 1916 …   Etymology dictionary

  • pinto — ☆ pinto [pin′tō ] adj. [AmSp, spotted < obs. Sp < VL * pinctus: see PINTADO] marked with patches of white and black or another dark color; piebald or skewbald n. pl. pintos 1. a pinto horse or pony 2. PINTO BEAN …   English World dictionary

  • PINTO — PINTO, name of several families who originated in the small town of Pinto, whose Jewish community was subordinate to that of Madrid. Some Pintos arrived in morocco from the Iberian Peninsula, particularly from Seville, in 1492 and 1496 and from… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Pinto — Pin to, a. [Sp., painted.] Lit., painted; hence, piebald; mottled; pied. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pinto — Pin to, n. Any pied animal; esp., a pied or painted horse. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pinto [1] — Pinto, Stadt auf der Insel Malta, südwestlich von La Valetta; 3000 Ew …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Pinto [2] — Pinto, ein ursprünglich altcastilisches Geschlecht, welches unter König Emanuel in Portugal ansässig wurde u. zu hohen Adelstiteln gelangte, dem Malteserorden zwei Großmeister gab u. gegen Ende des 18. Jahrh. nach Preußen kam, indem ein in der… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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