pintado

American  

[pin-tah-doh] / pɪnˈtɑ doʊ /

Also pintada

noun

plural

pintados, pintadoes

1. cero.

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Etymology

Origin of pintado

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

Example Sentences

Había decenas de trofeos en una pared y, en otra, alguien había colgado un alegre cartel pintado a mano con el nombre del conjunto: “Mariachi Cascabel”.

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2022

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

It was a plentiful repast, and included roast pintado and cabbage-palm.

From Foul Play by Reade, Charles

The last pintado left us 240 miles within the tropics to follow an outward-bound vessel.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 by MacGillivray, John

Of the pintado birds, our people, as I have before observed, caught no less than seven hundred in one night.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert