# pintar
## Aragonese
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pinctāre.

### Verb

pintar
* (transitive) to paint

### References

* Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “pintar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

## Asturian
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pinctāre < *pictāre, frequentative from Latin pingere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pinˈtaɾ/ [pĩn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

### Verb

pintar (first-person singular indicative present pinto, past participle pintáu)
* to paint

#### Related terms

* pintor
* pintura

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan pintar, from Vulgar Latin *pinctāre < *pictāre, frequentative from Latin pingere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [pinˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pinˈtaɾ]
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

pintar (first-person singular present pinto, first-person singular preterite pintí, past participle pintat)
* to paint

#### Derived terms

* pintallavis
* pintaungles

#### Related terms

* pintor
* pintura

### References

* “pintar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “pintar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Cimbrian
### Noun

pintar m
* policeman

### References

* Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pintar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) from Vulgar Latin *pinctāre < *pictāre, frequentative from Latin pingere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pinˈtaɾ/

### Verb

pintar (first-person singular present pinto, first-person singular preterite pintei, past participle pintado)
* to paint
* to be coloured
* to seem, appear

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* pintor
* pintura

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pintar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pintar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pintar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “pintar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pintar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “pintar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pintar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay pintar, from Javanese ꦥꦶꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦂ (pinter, “clever”), probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *piː(n)ðr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpin.tar/
* Rhymes: -tar
* Hyphenation: pin‧tar

### Adjective

pintar (comparative lebih pintar, superlative paling pintar or terpintar, equative sepintar)
* smart:
    Synonym: pandai
** exhibiting social ability or cleverness
** exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books
** equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology)

#### Derived terms

* kepintaran
* pintarkan

### Further reading

* “pintar” 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.

## Malay
### Etymology

Attested in Wilkinson's (1926) An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary as Batavia, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *piː(n)ðər.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: pin‧tar
* Rhymes: -ar

### Adjective

pintar (Jawi spelling ڤينتر)
* smart, genius
    Antonyms: bodoh, dungu

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* kepintaran (“intelligence”) [passive + timespan / emotion] (ke- + -an)

### Further reading

* “pintar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan pintar, from Vulgar Latin *pinctāre < *pictāre, frequentative from Latin pingere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pinˈta]
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

pintar
* to paint (apply paint to)
* (reflexive, se pintar) to get drunk

#### Related terms

* pénher
* pintor
* pintura

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pintar, from Vulgar Latin *pinctāre < *pictāre, frequentative from Latin pingere.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pĩˈta(ʁ)/ [pĩˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /pĩˈta(ʁ)/ [pĩˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /pĩˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /pĩˈta(ʁ)/ [pĩˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pĩˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pĩˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pĩˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pĩˈta.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: pin‧tar

### Verb

pintar (first-person singular present pinto, first-person singular preterite pintei, past participle pintado)
* (transitive) to paint (apply paint to)
* (intransitive) to paint (to practise the art of painting pictures)
* (transitive, chiefly of hair) to dye
    Synonym: tingir
* (transitive) to color (to give something color)
    Synonym: colorir
* (intransitive) to color (to take on color)
* (transitive) to makeup
    Synonym: maquilhar
* (transitive) to describe in detail
* (Brazil, colloquial, transitive) to appear, to happen, to come up

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pintar.

#### Derived terms

* pinta
* pinta-monos
* pintado
* pintão
* pintar a manta
* pintar e bordar
* pintar o sete
* pintar um clima
* pintável

#### Related terms

* pintor
* pintura

### Further reading

* “pintar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “pintar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “pintar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Binder.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pǐntaːr/
* Hyphenation: pin‧tar

### Noun

pìntār m (Cyrillic spelling пѝнта̄р)
* (regional) cooper

#### Declension
### References

* “pintar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pinctāre < *pictāre, frequentative from Latin pingere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pinˈtaɾ/ [pĩn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: pin‧tar

### Verb

pintar (first-person singular present pinto, first-person singular preterite pinté, past participle pintado)
* (transitive) to paint (to apply paint to)
* (transitive, intransitive) to paint (to create an image with paints)
* (transitive) to draw (to depict with lines)
    Synonym: dibujar
* (transitive) to depict, portray (as something)
    Ellas me pintaron como el malo.They painted me as the villain.
* (intransitive, of a situation) to look, to seem
    La cosa no pinta bien.Things aren't looking good.
* (colloquial, chiefly in the negative) to have to do somewhere
    Yo aquí no pinto nada.I don't fit in here at all.
** 2021 December 7, Silvia Ayuso, “La violencia en el primer mitin del ultra Éric Zemmour enturbia la campaña electoral francesa”, in El País‎:Pero también dijo que no se siente “para nada responsable”, porque los activistas antirracistas “no pintaban nada ahí” y les acusó de ser unos “perros rastreadores de subvenciones” que solo buscan “provocar”.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (reflexive) to make up one's face
* (reflexive) to put lipstick on oneself
* (reflexive) to color one's hair
* (reflexive, Argentina) to want

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* azulillo pintado
* batará pintado
* conejo pintado
* el más pintado
* jochi pintado
* la ocasión, la pintan calva
* papel pintado
* pintacaras
* pintacaritas
* pintalabios
* pintar la mona
* pintauñas

#### Related terms

* pintarse
* pinto
* pintor
* pintoresco
* pintura

### Further reading

* “pintar”, 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