mestizo

English

Noun

mestizo (plural mestizos or mestizoes)

1. A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Spanish and Native American heritage.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin mixticĭus, from Latin mixtus. Cognate to Portuguese mestiço, French métis.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iso

Adjective

mestizo m (feminine mestiza, masculine plural mestizos, feminine plural mestizas)

1. Of mixed, Spanish and Native American heritage
2. also of mixed indigenous (aboriginal) and colonial (European) descent

Noun

mestizo m (plural mestizos, feminine singular mestiza, feminine plural mestizas)

1. A person of mixed Spanish and Native American heritage
2. A person whose ethnic heritage is of both aboriginal and colonial descent

Synonyms

• (person of mixed caucasoid and Amerindian descent who lives in the Americas): ladino, cholo

• (person of mixed Caucasoid and Amerindian descent who lives in Spain): Panchito and Sudaca - used in a derogatory and discrimitory way instead of Latino.