pinto bean

noun

Any bean of several varieties of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), common in the US and Mexico.

OriginSpanish pinto →
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Meanings

nounpinto bean (plural pinto beans)

plural pinto beans

  1. USplural normallyAny bean of several varieties of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), common in the US and Mexico.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
brown bean

Origin

  1. Spanishpinto“painted”
  2. Englishpinto bean

From Spanish pinto (“painted”), named for its mottled skin.

More words from Spanish

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Translations

Czech pinto fazole
  • pinto fazolevariety of common bean
Dutch kievitsboon, pintoboon
  • kievitsboonvariety of common bean
  • pintoboonvariety of common bean
Finnish pintopapu
  • pintopapuvariety of common bean
Hungarian tarkabab
  • tarkababvariety of common bean
Polish fasola pinto
  • fasola pintovariety of common bean
Portuguese feijão-carioca
  • feijão-cariocavariety of common bean
Spanish frejol pinto, judía pinta
  • frejol pintovariety of common bean
  • judía pintavariety of common bean
  • yorimunivariety of common bean
Swedish pintoböna
  • pintobönavariety of common bean
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Chicago

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