pintado
- noun
- US
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pintado
- The chef prepared the freshly caught pintado with lemon and herbs for dinner.
Examples
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Fishermen along the Atlantic coast often prize the pintado for its firm, flavorful flesh.
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The pintado is known for its distinctive spotted pattern and size.
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I caught a huge pintado yesterday.
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Have you ever tried pintado fish?
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Fishermen along the Atlantic coast often prize the pintado for its firm, flavorful flesh.
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The pintado is known for its distinctive spotted pattern and size.
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The chef prepared the freshly caught pintado with lemon and herbs for dinner.
Synonyms
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2.5
The flesh of a small oily sea fish eaten as food
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6.1
A large fish with a long pointed nose eaten as food and often caught for sport
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9.9
A large fish like a mackerel found near the Atlantic coast
A large mackerel from warm Atlantic coastal waters of the United States that people eat
A large spotted mackerel from the Atlantic coast of North America used for food
A large sea fish people eat found in warm coastal waters
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word pintado comes from the Spanish verb pintar, which means 'to paint' and is related to the English word paint, so it literally means 'painted' or 'spotted'. That's why fishermen call the mackerel a pintado — it has a 'painted' pattern of spots on its body.