Pintor

painter; painting artistnoun

Alternative meanings

A person who paints pictures, walls, houses, furniture, or other surfaces. It can refer to a visual artist or to someone whose trade is painting buildings or objects.

Pronunciation

PEEN-tor

Root and affixes

A loanword from Spanish pintor. It relates to pintal, to paint or paint, and pintura, a painted work or paint material. Tigpintal can describe someone who paints.

Variants or conjugations

painter; one who paints; artist; house painter; visual painter; painter

Related words and expressions

paint; painting; color; drawing; art; house; wall; image

Meaning and usage notes

Pintor works for both an artist who paints and a house or object painter. To clarify manual trade, say pintor sa balay; for visual artist, pintor sa hulagway or artista.