pinto

CEFRB2

/ˈpɪntəʊ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A bean with a pinkish-brown skin and darker spots.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • I like pinto beans, but I don't eat them very often.

  • A pinto horse is readily sold.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Also pronounced

  • /ˈpɪntoʊ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Pied, mottled.

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

More examples

In context

  • 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.

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Origin

noun

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