pinta
Spanish, noun
pinta is spelled P-I-N-T-A (5 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,840th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pinta is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “look, appearance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of pinto. With an accent, pintá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of pintar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mancha pequeña y, por lo común, redondeada, que destaca en el colorido del plumaje de las aves, en el pelaje…”.
What does pinta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelook, appearance
tener buena pinta
- 2
femininesmall spot, dot or stain
- 3
Mexicofeminineslangjail
- 4
feminineslangfancy outfit, elegant clothing
noun
- 1
feminineEnglish or American pint (a unit of liquid volume equal to 473, 551, or 568 mL)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of pinto
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of pintar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mancha pequeña y, por lo común, redondeada, que destaca en el colorido del plumaje de las aves, en el pelaje de los animales, en las piedras o en superficies pintadas. 2. Mancha pequeña redondeada que usa de adorno en las telas. 3. Partícula de líquido de forma esferoidal. 4. Aspecto o presentación de una persona o cosa.
noun: 1. Persona que comete inmoralidades o ilegalidades en provecho propio.
noun: 1. Medida de capacidad equivalente a la octava parte de un galón, siendo 0,47 litros en EE.UU. y 0,57 litros en Gran Bretaña. 2. Jarra de cerveza con dicha capacidad. 3. Antigua medida de capacidad española, que no llegaba a media azumbre.
adjective: 1. Forma femenina de pinto.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pinta
- pintas plural
- pint alternative
- pinto alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to pinta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pinta in Spanish?
pinta appears 21 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).