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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Tinto

English answer:

RIO Stock - Rio Tinto Plc stock

Added to glossary by Alok Tiwari
Apr 7, 2015 20:34
9 yrs ago
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English term

Tinto

English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Resuming some meditation on the price of Tintos, he took up an ivory-backed hand-glass and scrutinised his face.


Is it a kind of red wine?
Responses
3 +4 RIO Stock - Rio Tinto Plc stock
4 red wine
5 -1 wine-based cold drink that is so popular in Spain
Change log

Apr 8, 2015 08:45: writeaway changed "Field (specific)" from "Poetry & Literature" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"

Apr 14, 2015 06:13: Alok Tiwari Created KOG entry

Discussion

Charles Davis Apr 7, 2015:
magdadh is right It must refer to shares in the Rio Tinto Company (founded in 1873).
Helena Chavarria Apr 7, 2015:
@Tony After reading the source text I've changed my mind. Red wine doesn't seem to fit.
George Rabel Apr 7, 2015:
also, black coffee In some parts of Colombia, anyway. We know that's not the case here, but I offer the comment as a contribution for the benefit of those colleagues who may not be aware of that variation.
Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani (asker) Apr 7, 2015:
An educated guess @ magdadh and Tony: kinda agree with you!
Tony M Apr 7, 2015:
@ Asker I think Magdadh has the right idea here — shares in the Rio Tinto Zinc mining company. You should post that as an answer :-)

I don't think it would have been capitalized if it had a more everyday meaning.
Helena Chavarria Apr 7, 2015:
Yes, 'tintos' refers to all red wines, regardless of where they come from.
magdadh Apr 7, 2015:
The character is a City person, and my guess would be that it's a share price of -- possibly of the Rio Tinto stock??

I am wildly speculating here....

Responses

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6 hrs
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RIO Stock - Rio Tinto Plc stock

Yes, it refers to the Rio Tinco Plc stock.

Just Google "price of Tintos" and all hits indicate that.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2015-04-08 03:14:00 GMT)
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*Tinto (typo regretted)
Peer comment(s):
agree Tushar Deep
2 hrs
Thanks!
agree Rachel Fell : the protagonist was "well known in the City" - http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Japanese_Quince
7 hrs
Thanks ;)
agree magdadh : Yes, as per my discussion entry.
7 hrs
Yes. Thanks ;)
agree Yvonne Gallagher : well yes, as magdadh suggested
11 hrs
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7 mins

red wine

Not a type of red wine, but red wine itself.

It is the adjective used in Spanish the colour of red wine, and transfers to mean the wine itself.

I imagine it wouldn't be applied to wines which weren't from a Spanish speaking country if used in English.

Outside of Spanish it might mistakenly be used as a shortened version of "tinto de verano", (aka sangría), which is red wine with lemonade and fruit, basically. The Spanish would not understand this usage.

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Ah, barking up the wrong tree I fear.
Peer comment(s):
neutral Tony M : The fact it is in the plural (even your reply uses 'wine' in the singular as a general rather than specific term) and that it is capitalized seems to me to make this less plausible.
4 mins
Yes, the capitalisation combined with the context, which wasn't supplied, seem to point in a completely different direction. (In a different context, tintos/tinto both possible - red wines/wine)
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-1
20 mins

wine-based cold drink that is so popular in Spain

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Peer comment(s):
neutral Tony M : The fact it is in the plural (even your reply uses 'cold drink' in the singular as a general rather than specific term) + it is capitalized seems to me to make this less plausible. Without knowing the period, I think a contemporary writer'd say 'sangria'
7 mins
Thank You Tony! But, it is simpler than sangria, normally made up of 1 part of table red wine and 1 part gaseosa.
disagree Yvonne Gallagher : not "wine-based cold drink" and En> En anyway
17 mins
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