mestizo
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adjective
- of mixed, Spanish and Native American heritage
- of mixed indigenous (aboriginal) and colonial (European) descent
- of mixed heritageusually along with indigenous descent
noun
- a person of mixed Spanish and Native American heritage
- a person whose ethnic heritage is of both aboriginal and colonial descent
- a person of mixed Austronesian Filipino and non-austronesian foreign ancestry, typically born and raised in the Philippines, especially eit…
Forms
adjective
| masculine singular | mestizo |
|---|---|
| feminine | mestiza |
| masculine plural | mestizos |
| feminine plural | mestizas |
noun
| singular | mestizo |
|---|---|
| plural | mestizos |
| feminine | mestiza |
| feminine plural | mestizas |
Used in the library
- En pocas semanas, decenas de miles de indígenas y mestizos se unieron a él, y su ejército llegó a tener cien mil personas.Within a few weeks, tens of thousands of indigenous people and mestizos joined him, and his army came to number a hundred thousand.B1Túpac Amaru II
- La ciudad es muy diversa: aymaras, mestizos, extranjeros.The city is very diverse: Aymaras, mestizos, foreigners.B2Otra vez, por favor (13) — Once more, please (13) (B2)
Other ways to say it
- cholomestizo, person of mixed European and various degrees of Amerindian descent, especially if the person is poor; a poor Mexican, often living in California during the 19th century
- ladinoastute, crafty, acute; mestizo
- panchitofried peanut seed, usually with salt; a Hispanic person from the Americas; a greaser/greaseball
- sudacaa Hispanic American, more precisely a South American, especially one considered to have Amerindian features or a non-European accent