pintos

Variant of pinto

pinto definition

☆ pinto (pin′tō)

adjective

marked with patches of white and black or another dark color; piebald or skewbald

Etymology: AmSp, spotted < obs. Sp < VL *pinctus: see pintado

noun pl. pintos -·tos

  1. a pinto horse or pony
  2. pinto bean

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.