pintado

pintado · noun¹

1. Portuguese · borrowed frompintado
2. English todaypintado

From Portuguese pintado (literally “painted”).

Pintado · proper noun, noun²

1. Spanish · derived frompintado“painted”
2. English todayPintado

From Spanish pintado (“painted”).

First known use, by meaning

• from 16th c. A fine cotton cloth; chintz.
• from 17th c. The Cape petrel, Daption capense.
• from 17th c. A guinea fowl, especially as food.
• from 19th c. Any of various spotted fishes in tropical waters of the west Atlantic, especially the cero, Scomberomorus regalis.