mestizo
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish mestizo, from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus (“mixed”). Doublet of metis, which came from French.
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Noun edit
mestizo (plural mestizos or mestizoes)
- A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Spanish and Native American heritage.
- (Philippines, historical) a person of mixed ancestry, especially one of native Filipino and Spanish or Chinese ancestry, such as that of the Spanish mestizos and Chinese mestizos from the Spanish Colonial Era of the Philippines.
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a person of mixed ancestry
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Etymology edit
Derived from Spanish mestizo, from Latin mixticius, from mixtus (“mixed”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mestizo (accusative singular mestizon, plural mestizoj, accusative plural mestizojn)
- mestizo (a person of mixed ancestry)
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- mulato (“mulatto”)
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /mesˈtiθo/ [mesˈt̪i.θo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /mesˈtiso/ [mesˈt̪i.so]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - (Spain) Rhymes: -iθo
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -iso
- Syllabification: mes‧ti‧zo
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Late Latin mixtīcius, from Latin mixtus (“mixed”). Cognate to Portuguese mestiço, French métis.
Adjective edit
mestizo (feminine mestiza, masculine plural mestizos, feminine plural mestizas)
- of mixed, Spanish and Native American heritage
- (by extension) of mixed indigenous (aboriginal) and colonial (European) descent
Noun edit
mestizo m (plural mestizos, feminine mestiza, feminine plural mestizas)
- a person of mixed Spanish and Native American heritage
- a person whose ethnic heritage is of both aboriginal and colonial descent
- (Philippines, historical) a person of mixed native Filipino and non-native foreign ancestry, typically born and raised in the Philippines, especially either that of the Mestizo de Español (Spanish mestizo) and Mestizo de Sangley (Chinese mestizo)
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Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
mestizo
Further reading edit
- “mestizo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014