pintado

[ pin-tah-doh ]

noun

, plural pin·ta·dos, pin·ta·does.

1. cero ( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of pintado¹

1595–1605; < Portuguese, past participle of pintar to paint < Vulgar Latin *pinctus painted. See pinta

Example Sentences

Both he and his companion Pintado died, however, of fever, forty only of his crew returning to Plymouth.

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Here we saw some pintado birds, being the first since we left the land.

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The cut shows a general view of the ruin called by the guide Pueblo Pintado, the first one discovered in coming from the south.

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The wall of the Pueblo Pintado was found by excavation to extend at least two feet below the surface of the ground.

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The Pueblo Pintado is built on a knoll twenty or thirty feet high, about three hundred yards from the river.

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