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- Conspiracy of the Pintos, a rebellion against Portuguese rule in Goa, India in 1787
- Ford Pinto (1971–1980), a subcompact car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company for the North American market
- Ford Pinto engine, unofficial nickname for a 4-cylinder internal combustion engine built by the Ford Motor Company in Europe
- Gallo Pinto, a dish traditional to Nicaragua and Costa Rica consisting primarily of beans and rice
- Pinto bean, a type of mottled bean
- Pinto horse, a horse coat color that consists of large patches of white and another color
- Temco TT Pinto, a jet-powered, tandem two-place primary trainer aircraft used by the United States Navy
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