pinta

[pin-tuh; Spanish peen-tah]

noun Pathology.

a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.

Nearby words

Origin of pinta

1815–25; < American Spanish, special use of Spanish pinta spot < Vulgar Latin *pincta, feminine of *pinctus, nasalized variant of Latin pictus, past participle of pingere to paint

Pinta

[pin-tuh; Spanish peen-tah]

noun

one of the three ships under the command of Columbus during his first voyage to America in 1492.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for pinta

They named their cruising-ship the Pinta, which in Spanish implies a point.
Petals Plucked from Sunny Climes|Sylvia Sunshine
The Pinta, the best sailor of the three vessels, was leading.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers|Jules Verne
Columbus did not see the Pinta again until she arrived at Palos.
The Life of Christopher Columbus from his own Letters and Journals|Edward Everett Hale
The Pinta did not obey him, and when morning dawned was nowhere to be seen.
Notable Voyagers|W.H.G. Kingston and Henry Frith

He of the Niña made the Canaries 440 leagues distant, the Pinta 420.
The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503|Various

British Dictionary definitions for pinta

pinta

noun

a tropical infectious skin disease caused by the bacterium Treponema carateum and characterized by the formation of papules and loss of pigmentation in circumscribed areasAlso called: mal de pinto

Word Origin for pinta

C19: from American Spanish, from Spanish: spot, ultimately from Latin pictus painted, from pingere to paint

noun

informal a pint of milk

Word Origin for pinta

C20: phonetic rendering of pint of

Pinta

noun

the Pinta one of the three ships commanded by Columbus on his first voyage to America (1492)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medicine definitions for pinta

pinta

[pĭn′tə, pēn′tä]

n.

A contagious skin disease prevalent in tropical America, caused by the spirochete Treponema carateum and characterized by thickening and spotty discoloration of the skin.