pintón
Spanish, noun/pinˈton/
pintón is spelled P-I-N-T-Ó-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish, the 170,811th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pintón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “corn borer (Ostrinia spp.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does pintón mean in English?
adjective
- 1
attractive; handsome (with a connotation of relatively fair skin and wealth)
- 2
ripening
noun
- 1
masculinecorn borer (Ostrinia spp.)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dicho de una fruta, en proceso de maduración, que no está completamente madura. 2. Dicho de una persona, que está desarrollando prudencia, juicio y sensatez pero no termina de madurar.
adjective: 1. Dicho de una persona: de buen aspecto.
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 pintón
- pintona feminine
- pintones masculine plural
- pintonas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pintón?
- /pinˈton/
- [pĩn̪ˈt̪õn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pintón in Spanish?
pintón appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).