English Explanatory Dictionary

mestizo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Spanish and Native American heritage.
  2. 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.

Pronunciation

/mɛsˈtiː.zoʊ/ /mɛˈstiː.zoʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mestizo.wav /mɛsˈtiː.zo/

Word forms

mestizo mestizos mestizoes

Etymology

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

Related words

mestiz mestize Metis mulatto mustee

Derived words

Chinese mestizo Mestizo de Español Mestizo de Sangley mestizo wool Spanish mestizo

Translations

Armenian: մետիս Bulgarian: метис Catalan: mestís Catalan: mestissa Dutch: mesties Esperanto: mestizo Esperanto: mestizino French: métis French: métisse German: Mestize German: Mestizin Indonesian: mestizo Marathi: मेस्तिसो Polish: metys Portuguese: caboclo Portuguese: cabocla Portuguese: mestiço Portuguese: mestiça Spanish: mestizo Spanish: mestiza Swedish: mestis Turkish: melez Turkish: kırma
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