tinto

tinto

See also: tintó

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tinto, from Latin tinctus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtinto̝/

Adjective

tinto (feminine tinta, masculine plural tintos, feminine plural tintas)

  1. dark red (wine)
  2. tinted; dyed
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 407:
      Et os rríos corríã ja tintos de sange dos que nõ erã aýnda enterrados nẽ queymados
      And the rivers run [red] tinted with the blood of the ones that have not been buried or cremated

Noun

tinto m (plural tintos)

  1. red wine
  2. a cup of red wine

Derived terms

References

Italian

Etymology

    Inherited from Latin tinctus.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈtin.to/
    • Rhymes: -into
    • Hyphenation: tìn‧to

    Adjective

    tinto (feminine tinta, masculine plural tinti, feminine plural tinte)

    1. dyed

    Participle

    tinto (feminine tinta, masculine plural tinti, feminine plural tinte)

    1. past participle of tingere

    Further reading

    • tinto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
    • tinto in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

    Anagrams

    Portuguese

    Etymology 1

    From Old Galician-Portuguese tinto, from Latin tinctus, perfect passive participle of tingō.

    Pronunciation

     

    • Rhymes: -ĩtu
    • Hyphenation: tin‧to

    Adjective

    tinto (feminine tinta, masculine plural tintos, feminine plural tintas)

    1. dark red (wine)
      vinho tintored wine
      uvas tintasred grapes
    2. tinted; dyed
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    tinto

    1. first-person singular present indicative of tintar

    Further reading

    Spanish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈtinto/ [ˈt̪ĩn̪.t̪o]
    • Rhymes: -into
    • Syllabification: tin‧to

    Etymology 1

    Inherited from Latin tīnctus, perfect passive participle of tingō.

    Adjective

    tinto (feminine tinta, masculine plural tintos, feminine plural tintas)

    1. dark red (of wine)
    Derived terms

    Noun

    tinto m (plural tintos)

    1. red wine
    2. (Colombia) black coffee
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • English: tent

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    tinto

    1. first-person singular present indicative of tintar

    Further reading