tinto

See also: tintó

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tinto, from Latin tinctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtinto̝/

Adjective

tinto (feminine tinta, masculine plural tintos, feminine plural tintas)

1. dark red (wine)
2. tinted; dyed
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 407:

     Et os rríos corríã ja tintos de sange dos que nõ erã aýnda enterrados nẽ queymados

     And the rivers run [red] tinted with the blood of the ones that have not been buried or cremated

Noun

tinto m (plural tintos)

1. red wine
2. a cup of red wine

Derived terms

• uva tinta
• viño tinto

Related terms

• tinguir
• tinta
• tintura

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tinto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tinto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tinto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tinto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tinto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tinctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtin.to/
• Rhymes: -into
• Hyphenation: tìn‧to

Adjective

tinto (feminine tinta, masculine plural tinti, feminine plural tinte)

1. dyed

Related terms

• tinta
• tintura

Participle

tinto (feminine tinta, masculine plural tinti, feminine plural tinte)

1. past participle of tingere

Further reading

• tinto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• tinto in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Anagrams

• Nitto, notti, tonti

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese tinto, from Latin tinctus, perfect passive participle of tingō.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃĩ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃĩ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃĩ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtĩ.tu/

• Rhymes: -ĩtu
• Hyphenation: tin‧to

Adjective

tinto (feminine tinta, masculine plural tintos, feminine plural tintas)

1. dark red (wine)

   vinho tinto ― red wine

   uvas tintas ― red grapes

2. tinted; dyed

Derived terms

• vinho tinto

Related terms

• tingir
• tinta
• tintura

Etymology 2

Verb

tinto

1. first-person singular present indicative of tintar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtinto/ [ˈt̪ĩn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -into
• Syllabification: tin‧to

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin tīnctus, perfect passive participle of tingō.

Adjective

tinto (feminine tinta, masculine plural tintos, feminine plural tintas)

1. dark red (of wine)

Derived terms

• vino tinto

 

Related terms

• teñir
• tinta
• tintura

 

Noun

tinto m (plural tintos)

1. red wine
2. (Colombia) black coffee

Derived terms

• tinto de verano

 

Descendants

• → English: tent

Etymology 2

Verb

tinto

1. first-person singular present indicative of tintar

Further reading

• “tinto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28