tinto
Portuguese, adjective/ˈt͡ʃĩ.tu/
tinto is spelled T-I-N-T-O (5 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,792nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tinto is a Portuguese adjective meaning “dark red (wine)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of tintar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que se tingiu”.
What does tinto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dark red (wine)
vinho tinto
- 2
tinted; dyed
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of tintar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que se tingiu 2. tingido 3. diz-se do vinho de uva escura
noun: 1. vinho de uva escura
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tinto
- tinta feminine
- tintos masculine plural
- tintas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tinto?
- Brazil /ˈt͡ʃĩ.tu/
- Portugal /ˈtĩ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tinto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tinto in Portuguese?
tinto appears 3.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).