pintar

Meaning

1. (transitive) to paint (apply paint to)
2. (intransitive) to paint (to practise the art of painting pictures)
3. (transitive) to dye
4. (transitive) to color (to give something color)
5. (intransitive) to color (to take on color)
6. (transitive) to makeup
7. (transitive) to describe in detail
8. (Brazil,colloquial,transitive) to appear, to happen, to come up

Hyphenated as

pin‧tar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pĩˈta(ʁ)/

Etymology

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

Sentences

Embora eu goste de pintar , não vejo pintura .

Although I like to paint, I don't see painting.