pintado
Definition of pintado
pintados
orpintadoes
1 : a painted or printed chintz formerly made in India
2 or pintado petrel : cape pigeon
3 or pintada \-də\ [pintado from American Spanish, from Spanish, past participle of pintar to paint, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin pinctare; pintada from American Spanish, from Spanish, feminine of pintado, past participle of pintar] : cero
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Origin and Etymology of pintado
Portuguese, from past participle of pintar to paint, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin pinctare, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin pinctus painted
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