tinto

[Pg., tinged, fr. L. tinctus, p. p. of tingere to tinge. See Tint, n.]
A red Madeira wine, wanting the high aroma of the white sorts, and, when old, resembling tawny port.

Portuguese, Spanish; red wines.

[TEEN-tah; TEEN-toh] Spanish and Portuguese for "red." Tinta is the feminine form; tinto, the masculine. Both words are often used in the name of red-grape varieties like tinta amarela and tinta madeira.