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🐎 A spotted horse 🎨 Spotted in color
pinto

pinto

4.7
Having uneven patches of two or more colors on an animal's coat
  • adjective
  • /ˈpɪn.toʊ/
  • US
translation icon : pinto
  • A pinto horse stood out among the herd of solid-colored animals.

Just brown rice, Pinto beans, white beans, you name it.

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Examples

  • A pinto horse stood out among the herd of solid-colored animals.

  • She chose a pinto calf for the county fair because of its unique markings.

  • The rancher admired the pinto pony grazing in the field.

  • Look at that pinto horse!

  • I saw a pinto horse at the fair.

  • The rancher admired the pinto pony grazing in the field.

  • She chose a pinto calf for the county fair because of its unique markings.

Compounds

pinto bean
  • US
3 1.4

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

Surface Forms

pinto positive

Etymology

Pinto as an adjective comes from the Spanish pinto, meaning 'painted' and linked to the English paint. That's why a pinto animal has irregular patches of two or more colors, like a coat that looks 'painted'.