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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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
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
The albatross, stormy petrel, and pintado are our companions; yet there is a pleasure in stemming the apparently irresistible waves, and in wrestling thus with the elements.
From Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 by Graham, Maria
This partridge attains the size of the pintado.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis
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