Definitions for Pinta

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Pinta pin·ta

Spelling: [pin-tuh; Spanish peen-tah]

IPA: /ˈpɪn tə; Spanish ˈpin tɑ/

Pinta is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 71 anagrams from letters in Pinta (ainpt).

Definitions for Pinta

noun

1. a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
2. one of the three ships under the command of Columbus during his first voyage to America in 1492.

Origin of Pinta

1815-25; American Spanish, special use of Spanish pinta spot Vulgar Latin *pincta, feminine of *pinctus, nasalized variant of Latin pictus, past participle of pingere to

Examples for Pinta

Three days after the ships had set sail the pinta lost her rudder.

During the darkness of the night the pinta was lost sight of.

While on the coast of Cuba, Pinzon, the commander of the pinta, deserted him.

pinta generally took the lead, I came next, and Wasara third.

The other two, the pinta and Niña, had only decks fore and aft.

He will follow with the Santa Maria and the pinta, trying to rescue you.

One of his captains had sailed away in the pinta and had not returned.

The pinta did not obey him, and when morning dawned was nowhere to be seen.

pinta, a much swifter vessel, was commanded by Martin Pinzon.

The pinta, the best sailor of the three vessels, was leading.