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🐎 A spotted horse 🎨 Spotted in color
pinto

pinto

9 6.8
A horse or pony with large white and colored patches on its coat
  • noun
  • /ˈpɪn.toʊ/
  • US
translation icon : pinto
  • Two of the horses ran off, but that pinto you're riding hung around.

Listen, if we are racing Pintos, this is it.

Examples

  • "Oh, wow!" Five pinto ponies stood just outside the gate of the walled courtyard.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The creature was pink and dappled with irregular patches of brown and white like a pinto pony.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • "Go spend some more time with that pinto pony we were playing with before."

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Several times the men opened the trail with axes; the black horse blew, and the pinto sneezed.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • It's officially race day here at Texas Motorplex, and we've got the Yellow Pinto against the Blue Pinto in the Ultimate Race Pinto Mania.

  • The children were excited to ride the pinto at the ranch, admiring its striking coat.

  • She took a photo of the pinto grazing in the meadow, showcasing its beautiful white patches.

  • During the summer camp, everyone wanted to take turns riding the pinto horse.

Compounds

pinto bean
  • US
3 1.4

A brown bean with spots often dried and used in Mexican cooking

Surface Forms

pinto singular
pintos plural

Etymology

Pinto comes from the Spanish word pinto, which means 'painted' and is related to the English word paint. So a pinto horse is one whose coat looks like it has been 'painted' with large white and colored patches.