indio

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See also: Indio and índio

English

Alternative forms

Indio, índio

Etymology

From Spanish indio, Portuguese índio.

Noun

indio (plural indios)

  1. A member of one of various indigenous peoples in the Americas and East Asia formerly subject to Spain or Portugal, specifically a Native American in Mexico or Brazil, or an indigenous inhabitant of the Philippines.
    • 2003, Peter Robb, A Death in Brazil, Bloomsbury, published 2005, page 108:
      On the sugar estates the índios were then annihilated by the infections the Portuguese had brought from Europe.

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Esperanto

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈdio/
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  • Hyphenation: in‧di‧o

Noun

indio (uncountable, accusative indion)

  1. indium

Galician

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

indio (feminine india, masculine plural indios, feminine plural indias)

  1. Indian (of or relating to India)
    Synonym: hindú
  2. Indian (of or relating to the indigenous peoples of the Americas)

Noun

indio m (plural indios, feminine india, feminine plural indias)

  1. Indian (person from India)
    Synonym: hindú
  2. Indian; Native American

Etymology 2

Noun

indio m (uncountable)

  1. indium

Italian

Pronunciation

Noun

indio m (plural indi or indios, feminine india)

  1. Indian, Native American
    Synonyms: nativo americano, amerindio, indiano

Noun

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indio m (invariable)

  1. (chemistry) indium

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Latin

Noun

indiō

  1. dative/ablative singular of indium

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From India (“India”).

Adjective

indio (feminine india, masculine plural indios, feminine plural indias)

  1. Indian (from India)
  2. Indian, Native American
  3. (historical, archaic) Spanish colonial racial term for a native of the East Indies (i.e. lands beyond India looking from the west)
Derived terms

Noun

indio m (plural indios, feminine india, feminine plural indias)

  1. a native of India
  2. a Native American
  3. (historical, archaic) a native of the Philippines, as part of the Spanish East Indies
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From índigo.

Noun

indio m (uncountable)

  1. indium

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