mesteño
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish mesta (“ownerless beast”), from Medieval Latin animālia mixta (“assorted animals”), from Latin mixtus (“mixed”).
Adjective edit
mesteño (feminine mesteña, masculine plural mesteños, feminine plural mesteñas)
Noun edit
mesteño m (plural mesteños, feminine mesteña, feminine plural mesteñas)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “mesteño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014