pintado
[ pin-tah-doh ]
Origin of pintado
11595–1605; <Portuguese, past participle of pintar to paint <Vulgar Latin *pinctus painted. See pinta
- Also pin·ta·da [pin-tah-duh]. /pɪnˈtɑ də/.
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How to use pintado in a sentence
Some tropic birds were seen this morning but as yet neither albatrosses nor pintadoes had made their appearance.
But the common pintadoes had quite disappeared, as well as many other sorts, which are common in lower latitudes.
They are, undoubtedly, of the peterel tribe; are in every respect shaped like the pintadoes, differing only from them in colour.
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