Pinta Definition

pĭntə, pēntä
noun
A contagious skin disease of the tropics, characterized by patches of various colors and caused by a spirochete (Treponema carateum)
Webster's New World

(UK, colloquial) A pint of milk.

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Origin of Pinta

  • Spanish painted mark, colored spot from Vulgar Latin pīncta pint

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the pronunciation of pint o' milk. Compare cuppa.

    From Wiktionary

Pinta Sentence Examples

  • So that's how to keep a pinta perky - Kevin!

  • Watch your daily pinta being produced, see how our goats are milked, or have a go at hand milking.

  • For starters, our milkmen can deliver lots of household goods and general groceries - not just the traditional pinta!

  • This organism belongs to a family of infectious agents which cause yaws and pinta as well as syphilis.

  • Pinta is a bacterial infection of the skin that causes lesions, red to bluish-black colored spots and splotches, and discoloration of the skin.

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