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pintado

name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A fine cotton cloth; chintz.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, countable, historical, uncountable

Examples

  • a pintado quilt

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The Cape petrel, Daption capense.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A guinea fowl, especially as food.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 5

Any of various spotted fishes in tropical waters of the west Atlantic, especially the cero, Scomberomorus regalis.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 6

A member of the tattooed indigenous people of Cebu during the Spanish occupation of the Philippines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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noun

Meaning 7

large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cero, kingfish, Scomberomorus regalis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Spanish mackerel

History

Etymology

From Spanish pintado (“painted”).

From Portuguese pintado (literally “painted”).