# tinta
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tinta.

### Noun

tinta (countable and uncountable, plural tintas)
* (archaic) A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain.
    Synonym: tent wine
* Tinta roriz; tempranillo.
* Tinta barroca; a grape variety used in the production of Portuguese port wine.
* Tinta Francesa; cabernet franc.
* Tinta miúda; a lesser-known grape variety that is used in blends of some Portuguese wines.

#### See also

* tent

### Anagrams

* 'taint, Nitta, Tanit, Titan, nitta, taint, titan

## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin tincta (“dyed”), perfect passive participle of tingō (“dye”, verb).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtinta/ [ˈt̪ĩn̪.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -inta
* Syllabification: tin‧ta

### Noun

tinta f (plural tintes)
* ink (coloured fluid used for writing)

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tinta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtinta/ [ˈtin̪.ta]
* Hyphenation: tin‧ta

### Noun

tínta (Basahan spelling ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ)
* ink

#### Derived terms

* magtinta
* tintahan

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin tincta (“dyed”), perfect passive participle of tingō (“dye”, verb).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈtin.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈtin.ta]

### Noun

tinta f (plural tintes)
* ink
* dye
* (art) colour, tint
    mitja tinta ― half-tint

#### Derived terms

* de bona tinta
* entintar
* mitges tintes
* tinter

#### Related terms

* tenyir
* tint
* tintura

### Further reading

* “tinta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “tinta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “tinta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “tinta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Chamorro
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tinta.

### Noun

tinta
* ink

## Chavacano
### Etymology

Inherited from Spanish tinta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtinta/, [ˈt̪ĩn̪.t̪a]
* Hyphenation: tin‧ta

### Noun

tinta
* ink

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɛ̃.ta/
* Homophones: tintas, tintât

### Verb

tinta
* third-person singular past historic of tinter

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtinta/ [ˈt̪in̪.t̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -inta
* Hyphenation: tin‧ta

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tinta, tĩta, from Latin tincta (“dyed”), perfect passive participle of tingō (“dye”, verb).

#### Noun

tinta f (plural tintas)
* ink (coloured fluid used for writing)
** 1457, Fernando R. Tato Plaza, editor, Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos, Santiago: Concello da Cultura Galega, page 173:Boa tĩta se deue faser en esta guisa: Para hũu neto de tĩta, õça e media de agallaThe good ink must be prepared in this manner: for preparing a neto of ink, an ounce and a half of oak gall ..
* ink (the black or dark-colored fluid ejected by squid, octopus etc, as a protective strategy)
    Synonym: borra
* red grape
* a particular sickness of the chestnut trees

##### Derived terms

* tinteiro

##### Related terms

* tinguir
* tinto
* tintura

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

tinta f sg
* dyed; colored; reddish (feminine singular of tinto)
** c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 381:Et morrerõ y muytas gentes dambas partes, en guisa que [a] agoa de Doyro toda ya tinta de sangueAnd may people died there, from both sides, so that the water of the Douro river went dyed with blood

### References

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

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tincta (“dyed”), perfect passive participle of tingō (“dye”, verb).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtintɒ]
* Hyphenation: tin‧ta
* Rhymes: -tɒ

### Noun

tinta (plural tinták)
* ink
* (slang) booze

#### Derived terms

* tintás
* tintáz
* tintázik
* tintahal
* tintapatron
* tintapárna
* tintatartó

### Further reading

* tinta in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay tinta, from Portuguese tinta, from Old Galician-Portuguese tinta, tĩta, from Latin tincta (“dyed”), perfect passive participle of tingō (“dye”, verb).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈtinta/ [ˈt̪in.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -inta
* Syllabification: tin‧ta

### Noun

tinta
* ink
    Synonyms: (both obsolete) dawat, mangsi

#### Derived terms

* menintai
* peninta
* penintaan
* tinta cetak
* tinta cina
* tinta emas
* tinta koran
* tinta litografi
* tinta stensil

### Further reading

* “tinta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Interlingua
### Noun

tinta (plural tintas)
* paint

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtin.ta/
* Rhymes: -inta
* Hyphenation: tìn‧ta

### Etymology 1

From Latin tincta (“dyed”), perfect passive participle of tingō (“dye”, verb).

#### Noun

tinta f (plural tinte)
* dye
* colour/color
* paint

##### Derived terms

* in tinta unita (“plain, self-colored”)
* tinteggiare (“to paint”)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Participle

tinta f sg
* feminine singular of tinto

### Further reading

* tinta in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* tinta in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
* tinta in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* tinta in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* tinta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* tanti

## Kashubian
### Alternative forms

* tińta, tint

### Etymology

Borrowed from German Tinte.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtin.ta/
* Rhymes: -inta
* Syllabification: tin‧ta

### Noun

tinta f (related adjective tintowi)
* ink (fluid used for writing)
    Synonym: atrameńt

### Further reading

* Jan Trepczyk (1994) “atrament”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
* Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “atrament”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
* “tinta”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀢𑀺𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* तिन्त (Devanagari script)
* তিন্ত (Bengali script)
* තින‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
* တိန္တ or တိၼ္တ or တိၼ်တ (Burmese script)
* ตินฺต or ตินตะ (Thai script)
* ᨲᩥᨶ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
* ຕິນ຺ຕ or ຕິນຕະ (Lao script)
* តិន្ត (Khmer script)
* 𑄖𑄨𑄚𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

### Adjective

tinta
* wet
* moist

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃĩ.tɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃĩ.tɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃĩ.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈtĩ.tɐ/
* Hyphenation: tin‧ta

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese tinta, tĩta, from Latin tincta (“dyed”), perfect passive participle of tingō (“dye”, verb).

#### Noun

tinta f (plural tintas)
* paint
* ink
* dye

##### Derived terms

* tinteiro
* troca-tintas
* estar-se nas tintas
* fazer correr muita tinta

##### Related terms

* tingir

##### Descendants

* → Konkani: तींत (tīnta)
* → Malay: tinta
** Indonesian: tinta

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

tinta
* feminine singular of tinto

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

tinta
* inflection of tintar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “tinta”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “tinta”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “tinta” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “tinta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “tinta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “tinta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Sassarese
### Etymology

From Catalan and Spanish tinta, from Latin tīncta, derived from tingō (“I wet; I colour, dye”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtinta/

### Noun

tinta f (plural tinti)
* (uncountable) ink (coloured fluid used for writing)
* ink (particular type of this fluid)
* (uncountable) ink (dark fluid ejected by squid etc.)
* dye
* paint job

#### Related terms

* tignidori
* tignì
* tinteggiaddura
* tintori
* tintu
* tintura
* tinturia

### References

* Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

## Silesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Tinte.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtin.ta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -inta
* Syllabification: tin‧ta

### Noun

tinta f
* ink (pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing)

### Further reading

* Barbara Podgórska, Adam Podgóski (2008) “tinta”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian lects], Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 294

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtinta/ [ˈt̪ĩn̪.t̪a]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -inta
* Syllabification: tin‧ta

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin tincta (“dyed”), perfect passive participle of tingō (“dye”, verb). Cognate with English tint, Dutch tint, Estonian tint, French teinte, German Tinte, Hungarian tinta, Italian tinta, Luxembourgish Tintin, and Portuguese tinta.

#### Noun

tinta f (plural tintas)
* (writing) ink

##### Derived terms

* cagatintas
* cargar las tintas
* chupatintas
* de buena tinta
* medias tintas
* sudar tinta
* tinta china
* tinterillo
* tintero

##### Related terms

* teñir
* tinto
* tintura

##### Descendants

* → Tagalog: tinta
* → Tataltepec Chatino: tintya
* → Yogad: tinta

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

tinta
* feminine singular of tinto

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

tinta
* inflection of tintar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “tinto”, 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

### Anagrams

* titán

## Swazi
### Noun

tínta class 10
* pubic hair

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tinta, from Latin tincta. Compare English tint. Doublet of tina.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈtinta/ [ˈt̪in̪.t̪ɐ], /tinˈta/ [t̪ɪn̪ˈt̪a]
* Rhymes: -inta, -a
* Syllabification: tin‧ta

### Noun

tinta or tintá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ)
* ink (used in writing, drawing, printing, etc.)
* ink (of cephalopods)

#### Derived terms

* matinta
* matintahan
* tintahan
* tintahin

#### Related terms

* tintero
* tina

#### See also

* dingsol

### Further reading

* “tinta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 575: “Tinta) Tinta (pc) C. negra y buena q̃ viena de China”

## Yogad
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tinta (“ink”).

### Noun

tinta
* ink