pinta

[ pin-tuh; Spanish peen-tah ]

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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.

Pinta

[ pin-tuh; Spanish peen-tah ]

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noun

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

pinta

/ ˈpɪntə /

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 areas Also calledmal de pinto

pinta

/ ˈpaɪntə /

noun

informal.
a pint of milk

Pinta

/ ˈpɪntə /

noun

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pinta¹

First recorded in 1815–25; from South American Spanish, special use of Spanish pinta “spot,” from Vulgar Latin pincta, (unattested) feminine of pinctus (unattested), nasalized variant of Latin pictus, past participle of pingere “to paint ”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pinta¹

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

Origin of pinta²

C20: phonetic rendering of pint of

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Example Sentences

At last, early one morning, a gun was fired from the Pinta, and all knew that land had been sighted.

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None being found, the lateen sails of the Pinta were altered into square sails.

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The owners of one of the vessels, the Pinta, threw all possible obstacles in the way of her being fitted out.

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The Pinta also sailed badly, her foremast being so defective that it could carry but little sail.

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His fear was that the Pinta had already foundered, and that his vessel would also go to the bottom.

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