pinto

Dictionary: pin·to (pĭn'tō) pronunciation

n., pl., -tos, or -toes.
A horse with patchy markings of white and another color. Also called paint.

adj.
Mottled; pied.

[Spanish, piebald, spotted, from Vulgar Latin *pīnctus, past participle of Latin pingere, to paint.]

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(PIN-to)

adjective
Marked with patches of white and another color. noun
1. Pinto horse: a horse having patches of white and another color.
2. Pinto bean: a variety of kidney beans having mottled seed.

Etymology
From American Spanish pinto (spotted), from obsolete Spanish, from Vulgar Latin pinctus (painted), past participle of pingere (to paint). Ultimately from Indo-European root peig- (to cut, mark) that's the source of such words as paint, depict, picture, pigment, pint, and pimento

Here are two other words to describe horses and other animals:
piebald: spotted in black and white. skewbald: marked with patches of white and another color, but not black.

Usage
"A black-faced, pinto-colored horse, Panda made her Central Massachusetts debut as a guide animal Saturday at the National Education for Assistance Dog Services campus." — Mary Anne Magiera; Miniature Horses Make Fine Guides; Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, Massachusetts); Jun 11, 2002.

"Add some extra veggies to some pinto or black beans and they are pretty good." — Edmund Tijerina; Canary Island Wine is Coming This Way; San Antonio Express News (Texas); Oct 12, 2004.

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Spotted horse, also called paint, piebald, skewbald, and other terms to describe variations in colour and markings. The American Indian ponies of the western U.S. were often pintos. Most pure-breed associations refuse to register horses with pinto colouring. Pintos have colour patterns called overo (white spreading irregularly up from the belly, mixed with a darker colour) and tobiano (white spreading down from the back in smooth, clean-cut patterns).

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Occultism & Parapsychology Encyclopedia: Pinto

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The grand master of Malta, who was assisted in alchemical experiments by Cagliostro.

Veterinary Dictionary: pinto

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A broken colored or paint horse used for riding. See also piebald, skewbald. Called also paint. Special pinto colorings are overo and tobiano.

Pinto horse. By permission from Sambraus HH, Livestock Breeds, Mosby, 1992

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1 General
2 People
- 2.1 Surname
- 2.2 Other
3 Places
4 See also

Pinto may refer to:

General

Conspiracy of the Pintos, a rebellion against Portuguese rule in Goa, India in 1787
Ford Pinto (1971–1980), a subcompact car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company for the North American market
- Ford Pinto engine, unofficial nickname for a 4 cylinder internal combustion engine built by the Ford Motor Company in Europe
Gallo Pinto, a dish traditional to Nicaragua and Costa Rica consisting primarily of beans and rice
Pinto bean, a type of mottled bean
Pinto horse, a horse coat color that consists of large patches of white and another color

People

Surname

Alexandre de Serpa Pinto (aka Serpa Pinto) (1846–1900), Portuguese explorer of southern Africa and a colonial administrator
Aníbal Pinto (1825–1884), Chilean politician, president of Chile (1876–1881)
António Pinto, Portuguese long-distance runner
Carlos Mota Pinto, Portuguese politician
Dan Pinto, American composer, keyboardist and drummer-percussionist
David Pinto, American baseball blogger
Duarte Cardoso Pinto, Portuguese rugby player
Fernão Mendes Pinto, Portuguese adventurer, explorer and writer
Francisco Antonio Pinto (1785–1858), Chilean politician, president of Chile (1827–1829)
Francisco Pinto Balsemão, Portuguese politician and media entrepreneur
Freida Pinto, Indian actress and model
George Pinto, English composer and keyboard virtuoso
Heloísa Pinheiro, the real-life Brazilian Girl from Ipanema
Isaac de Pinto Portuguese moralist
Jane Engelhard (born Marie Annette Reiss) (1917–2004), American philanthropist
João Domingos Pinto (born 1961), former Portuguese football player, and current assistant coach of the FC Porto team
João Franco (1855–1929), Portuguese politician and prime minister in the last years of the Portuguese monarchy
João Vieira Pinto (born 1971), Portuguese footballer (soccer)
Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa (born 1937), president of Portuguese sports club F.C. Porto
José de Magalhães Pinto (1909–1996), Brazilian politician and banker
José Manuel Pinto (born 1975), Spanish football goalkeeper of FC Barcelona
José María Orellana Pinto (1872–1926), President of Guatemala (1921–1926)
José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, Portuguese politician, current prime-minister of Portugal
Josiah ben Joseph Pinto, Syrian rabbi
Keivi Pinto, Venezuelan judoka
Manuel Guillermo Pinto, Argentinian general
Manuel Pinto da Costa, São Tomé and Príncipe politician
Mário Pinto de Andrade, Angolan poet and politician
Pio Gama Pinto, Kenyan politician
Renyel Pinto (born 1982), baseball pitcher
Ricardo Pinto, (born 1961) is a UK-based fantasy writer
Ricardo Pinto (footballer), (born 1965), Brazilian footballer (soccer)
Robin Pinto, Canadian female boxer
Sara Pinto Coelho (1913–1990), Portuguese writer of fiction and plays
Sérgio Sousa Pinto (born 1972), Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament
Silvia Corzo (born 1973), Colombian lawyer, journalist and newscaster
Vivian de Sola Pinto (1895–1969), British poet, literary critic and historian

Other

Pinto Colvig (1892–1967), U.S. vaudeville actor, radio actor, newspaper cartoonist, prolific movie voice actor, and circus performer, best known as the voice of Disney's Goofy and the original Bozo the Clown

Places

Pinto, Chile
Pinto, Madrid, Spain
Pinto, Maryland, United States
Pinto, Magdalena, Colombia
Palo Pinto County, Texas, United States
Pinto Martins International Airport, Brazil
Rodovia Carvalho Pinto, highway in Brazil
Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto, official name of Estádio Mineirão, football stadium in Brazil
Cittá Pinto, alternate name of Qormi in Malta

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