mulato
See also: Mulato
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish mulato. Doublet of mulatto.
Noun edit
mulato (plural mulatos)
- Capsicum annuum, a chili pepper related to the poblano and usually sold dried.
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Noun edit
mulato (accusative singular mulaton, plural mulatoj, accusative plural mulatojn)
- mulatto (person of mixed black and white descent)
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- mestizo (“mestizo”)
- kvarterono (“quadroon”)
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish mulato (“mulatto”), from mulo (“mule”), from Latin mulus (“mule”). Perhaps an allusion to the hybrid origin of mules.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -atu
- Hyphenation: mu‧la‧to
Noun edit
mulato m (plural mulatos, feminine mulata, feminine plural mulatas)
Adjective edit
mulato (feminine mulata, masculine plural mulatos, feminine plural mulatas)
- mulatto
- 1995 June 25, “Mãe afirma ao Censo que filhos mulatos são negros”, in Folha de São Paulo[1]:
- Quando Paula Barreto, 36, branca, filha do produtor de cinema Luís Carlos Barreto, anunciou que iria se casar com o jogador de futebol Cláudio Adão, 39, negro, comprou uma briga em casa. A reação de sua mãe, a produtora Lucy Barreto, foi perguntar se ela já tinha pensado que seus filhos seriam mulatos.
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Adjective edit
mulato (feminine mulata, masculine plural mulatos, feminine plural mulatas)
- mulatto
- dark-skinned
- Synonym: moreno
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Noun edit
mulato m (plural mulatos, feminine mulata, feminine plural mulatas)
- (obsolete) a small or young mule
- Synonym: muleto
- copal tree (Bursera spp.)
- Synonyms: copal, cuajiote colorado, indio desnudo, jiote, palo mulato, papelillo, torote
- mockingbird (general term)
- tropical mockingbird (Mimus gilvus)
- great-tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
- Synonyms: acazanate, clarinero, grajo, huertero, itzlaolzanate, izanatl, pájaro prieto, papate, picho, tordo grande, tordo macho, urraca, zanate
- Brewer's blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
- Synonyms: mirlo, mosquero, tordo chico, tordo de ojos amarillos, tordo migratorio, urraca
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References edit
- Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988) A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna[2], Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 76, 437
Further reading edit
- “mulato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014