tintura

Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. From Latin tinctūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tinˈtuɾɐ]

Noun

tintura f (plural tinturas)

1. tincture (alcoholic extract)
2. the act of dyeing
3. tincture (pigment or other substance that colours or dyes)

   Synonyms: pigmento, tinta

Related terms

• tintureiro
• tinxir

 

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tintura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tyntura”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tintura”, 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), “tintura”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tinctūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tinˈtu.ra/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: tin‧tù‧ra

Noun

tintura f (plural tinture)

1. colouring/coloring, dye
2. dyeing (the process)
3. tincture

Related terms

• tingere
• tinta, tinto
• tintoriale

Further reading

• Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “tintura”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

Anagrams

• nutrita, urtanti

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• tinctura (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin tinctūra, future active participle of tingō (“to moisten”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃĩˈtu.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃĩˈtu.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃĩˈtu.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tĩˈtu.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -uɾɐ
• Hyphenation: tin‧tu‧ra

Noun

tintura f (plural tinturas)

1. tincture (alcoholic extract)
2. the act of dyeing

   Synonym: tingimento

   Antonyms: alvejamento, desbotamento

3. tincture (pigment or other substance that colours or dyes)

   Synonyms: pigmento, tinta

Related terms

• tingir
• tinta
• tinto
• tinturaria
• tintureiro

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tinˈtuɾa/ [t̪ĩn̪ˈt̪u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: tin‧tu‧ra

Etymology 1

From Latin tinctūra.

Noun

tintura f (plural tinturas)

1. colouring, dye
2. dyeing (the process)

Derived terms

• tinturar

 

Related terms

• teñir
• tinta
• tinto

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tintura

1. inflection of tinturar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “tintura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10