mestiso

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English

Noun

mestiso (plural mestisos or mestisoes)

  1. Archaic form of mestizo.

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mestizo, from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus + -īcius.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: mes‧ti‧so

Adjective

mestiso

  1. biracial, multiracial, mixed race

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mestizo.

Pronunciation

Adjective

mestiso (feminine mestisa, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜐᜓ)

  1. mestizo; mixed-blood; half-blooded; mixed-race; mixed heritage
  2. (by extension) fair-skinned male

Noun

mestiso (feminine mestisa, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜐᜓ)

  1. mestizo
  2. (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