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pinta

/ˈpaɪnt.ə/

pinta noun: a pint of milk.

Noun (1)

pinta (plural pintas)

  1. (UK, colloquial) A pint of milk.

Noun (2)

IPA/ˈpɪn.tə/

pinta (uncountable)

  1. A human skin disease endemic to Mexico, Central America, and South America, caused by infection with a spirochete, Treponema pallidum carateum, which is morphologically and serologically indistinguishable from the organism that causes syphilis.

Noun (3)

IPA/ˈpiːn.tə/

pinta (uncountable)

  1. (slang) prison

Proper noun capitalized: Pinta

Pinta

  1. An island in Ecuador, one of the Galapagos Islands.

pinta meaning in Tamil

pinta in Tamil

பிண்டாநோய்

Forms of pinta

pluralpintas

Origin of pinta

From the pronunciation of pint of milk. Compare cuppa.

Borrowed from Spanish pinta.

Borrowed from Spanish.

Words formed from pinta

Questions about pinta

What does pinta mean?
Pinta means a pint of milk.
What is pinta in Tamil?
Pinta in Tamil is பிண்டாநோய். See Pinta meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pinta?
Pinta can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce pinta?
Pinta is pronounced /ˈpaɪnt.ə/.
What is the plural of pinta?
The plural of pinta is pintas.

Words near pinta in the dictionary

  1. pint glasses
  2. pint pot
  3. pint pots
  4. pint-size
  5. pint-sized
  6. pinta
  7. pintable
  8. pintables
  9. pintada
  10. pintadas
  11. pintado

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pinta (page history and authors); Pinta (page history and authors); pinta (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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