pinto bean
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- noun
- /ˈpɪn.toʊ biːn/
- US
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frijol pinto
- For dinner, I cooked a flavorful stew made with pinto beans, tomatoes, and spices.
And then all the foods you'd expect, Pinto beans, rice, oats, all right up there as well.
- And then all the foods you'd expect, Pinto beans, rice, oats, all right up there as well.
- I know a lot of people use like Pinto beans or black beans, but I just think the kidney beans are the best part.
Examples
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I also cooked two cups of dry pinto beans in the slow cooker.
Blog text (14) -
Mexican pinto beans simmering over the fire mixed with the sweetness and perfume of mesquite to form a delightful aroma.
Fiction book (2001) -
I have noticed that you often use pinto beans from the freezer.
Blog text (24) -
"Pinto beans are too small," Ana told him, stretching her arms toward the sky.
Fiction book (1997) -
You want gas, you try some of Glorietta's pinto beans.
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Collard greens and pinto beans at New Year's.
Fiction book (1997) -
I made a big pot of pinto beans from dried beans, soaked overnight.
Blog text (24) -
On the floor were bushel baskets filled with pinto beans and potatoes, and sacks of flour and sugar.
Fiction book (1993) -
To make this dish, dry pinto beans are cooked for two to four hours and seasoned with onion, garlic, and/or chili powder.
Academic text (2003) -
She used pinto beans as the main ingredient in her delicious vegetarian chili.
Synonyms
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An edible seed or pod from plants like peas and lentils used for food
A seed from plants like peas or lentils that you can eat
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently composed from 'pinto' (mottled/spotted) + 'bean' (edible seed), so the phrase simply denotes a bean with a mottled coat. This adjective+noun pattern is a common, compositional formation cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Pinto bean: The name pinto bean comes from the Spanish word pinto, meaning 'painted' or 'spotted', because the beans have brown and cream marks that look like paint. So today pinto bean refers to that spotted bean commonly used in cooking.