mestizo

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mestizo, from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus (“mixed”). Doublet of metis, which came from French.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛsˈtiː.zoʊ/, /mɛˈstiː.zoʊ/
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Noun

mestizo (plural mestizos or mestizoes)

  1. A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Spanish and Native American heritage.
  2. (Philippines, historical) a person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Austronesian Filipino and Spanish or Chinese ancestry, such as that of the Spanish mestizos and Chinese mestizos from the Spanish Colonial Era of the Philippines.

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Etymology

Derived from Spanish mestizo, from Latin mixticius, from mixtus (“mixed”).

Pronunciation

Noun

mestizo (accusative singular mestizon, plural mestizoj, accusative plural mestizojn)

  1. mestizo (a person of mixed ancestry)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /mesˈtiθo/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /mesˈtiso/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -iθo
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -iso
  • Syllabification: mes‧ti‧zo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin mixtīcius, from Latin mixtus (“mixed”). Cognate to Portuguese mestiço, French métis.

Adjective

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

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

Noun

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

  1. a person of mixed Spanish and Native American heritage
    Synonyms: ladino, cholo, (derogatory) panchito, (derogatory) sudaca
  2. a person whose ethnic heritage is of both aboriginal and colonial descent
  3. (Philippines, historical) a person of mixed Austronesian Filipino and non-austronesian foreign ancestry, typically born and raised in the Philippines, especially either that of the Mestizo de Español (Spanish mestizo) and Mestizo de Sangley (Chinese mestizo)
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Descendants
  • → German: Mestize
  • → Tagalog: mestiso

Etymology 2

Verb

mestizo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mestizar

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