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English
Noun
mestiso (plural mestisos or mestisoes)
- Archaic form of mestizo.
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mestizo, from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus + -īcius.
Pronunciation
Adjective
mestiso
- biracial, multiracial, mixed race
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mestizo.
Pronunciation
Adjective
mestiso (feminine mestisa, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜐᜓ)
- mestizo; mixed-blood; half-blooded; mixed-race; mixed heritage
- (by extension) fair-skinned male
Noun
mestiso (feminine mestisa, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜐᜓ)
- mestizo
- (by extension) handsome fair-skinned male, usually of mixed Filipino and white heritage
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Further reading
- Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 94