pintado
Americannoun
plural
pintados, pintadoesEtymology
Origin of pintado
1595–1605; < Portuguese, past participle of pintar to paint < Vulgar Latin *pinctus painted. See pinta
Example Sentences
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Hoy, Waggoner está feliz de tener un trabajo nuevo - pero no logra reflejar el panorama pintado color de rosa de las últimas estadísticas económicas para el Condado de Miami-Dade.
From Washington Times • May 23, 2015
The common pintado, or Guinea fowl, the helmeted, and the crested pintados, are the best known.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section P and Q by Project Gutenberg
This partridge attains the size of the pintado.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis
If you choose to take a shot-gun to-morrow you will find pintado, pigeons, parrots, ducks and geese abundant, only beware of the caiman, for the rivers literally swarm with them.
From The Ruined Cities of Zululand by Walmsley, Hugh Mulleneux
From the middle downward they wear a pintado of silk, trailing upon the ground, in colour as they best like.
From Sir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round the World by Pretty, Francis
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