name
Meaning 1
An island in Ecuador, one of the Galapagos Islands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
pinta
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈpaɪnt.ə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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pĭnʹtə
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/ˈpɪn.tə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɪntə
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pēnʹtə
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/ˈpiːn.tə/
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CMU ARPABET: P IH1 N T AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A pint of milk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, colloquial
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noun
Meaning 3
A human skin disease endemic to Mexico, Central America, and South America, caused by infection with a spirochete, Treponema pallidum carateum, which is morphologically and serologically indistinguishable from the organism that causes syphilis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
prison
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, uncountable
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History
Etymology
From the pronunciation of pint of milk. Compare cuppa.
Borrowed from Spanish pinta.
Borrowed from Spanish.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo: tycu ntji — Translations
- Spanish: pinta — Translations
- Spanish: mal de pinto — Translations