criollo

adj.

native, Creole.

m.

native, aboriginal, Creole.

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criollo

► adjetivo

1 Creole

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (persona) Creole

► nombre masculino

1 (idioma) Creole

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criollo, -a

1. ADJ

1) ( Hist) Creole; (=de origen español) of Spanish extraction

2) LAm (=no extranjero) native, native to America

2. SM / F

1) ( Hist) Creole

2) LAm Peruvian/Colombian/Ecuadorean, etc, native of a particular Latin American country, as opposed to a foreigner

un español y dos criollos — a Spaniard and two natives

3) And (=cobarde) coward

3.

SM (Ling) Creole

como dicen en criollo — as they say in Latin America/Peru etc

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I

-lla adjetivo

a) (Hist) Creole

b) (AmL) (por oposición a extranjero) Venezuelan (o Peruvian etc); <plato/artesanía/cocina> national

a la criolla — (RPl fam) informal, casual

c) <lengua> creole; viveza 2)

II

-lla masculino, femenino

a) (Hist) Creole (of European descent born in a Spanish American colony)

b) (AmL) (nativo) Venezuelan (o Peruvian etc)

c) criollo masculino (Ling) creole

decir algo/hablar en criollo — (AmL fam) to say something in plain Spanish

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= Creole.

Nota: Nombre y adjetivo.

Ex. Always a controversial and confusing term, the word Creole, to put it simply, means many things to many people.

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I

-lla adjetivo

a) (Hist) Creole

b) (AmL) (por oposición a extranjero) Venezuelan (o Peruvian etc); <plato/artesanía/cocina> national

a la criolla — (RPl fam) informal, casual

c) <lengua> creole; viveza 2)

II

-lla masculino, femenino

a) (Hist) Creole (of European descent born in a Spanish American colony)

b) (AmL) (nativo) Venezuelan (o Peruvian etc)

c) criollo masculino (Ling) creole

decir algo/hablar en criollo — (AmL fam) to say something in plain Spanish

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= Creole.

Nota: Nombre y adjetivo.

Ex: Always a controversial and confusing term, the word Creole, to put it simply, means many things to many people.

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criollo¹ -lla

adjective

1 (Hist) Creole

2 (AmL) (por oposición a extranjero) Venezuelan ( o Peruvian etc); ‹plato/artesanía/cocina› national

nació en Barcelona, pero es tan criollo como el que más he was born in Barcelona, but he's as Venezuelan ( o Peruvian etc) as they come (colloq)

a la criolla (RPl fam); informal, casual

viveza

3 ‹lengua› creole

criollo² -lla

masculine, feminine

1 (Hist) Creole (of European descent born in a Spanish American colony)

2 (AmL) (nativo) Venezuelan ( o Peruvian etc)

3

criollo masculine (Ling) creole

como se dice en criollo as we say in Latin America ( o in Peru etc)

decir algo/hablar en criollo (AmL fam); to say sth in plain Spanish

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criollo

◊ -lla adjetivo

a) (Hist) Creole

b) (AmL) (por oposición a extranjero) Venezuelan (o Peruvian etc);

‹plato/artesanía/cocina› national
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino

a) (Hist) Creole (of European descent born in a Spanish American colony)

b) (AmL) (nativo) Venezuelan (o Peruvian etc)

criollo,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino Creole
'criollo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
criolla

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criollo, -a

♦ adj

1. [persona] born in Latin America to European parents;

sus dos hijas menores son criollas her two younger daughters were born in Latin America

2. [objeto, cultura] local [native to Latin America as opposed to foreign];

al poco tiempo de llegar adoptaron las costumbres criollas shortly after arriving, they began to adopt the local customs

3. [comida, lengua] creole

♦ nm,f

1. [persona] = person born in Latin America to European parents

2. Comp

Perú, PRico, RP

hacer algo a la criolla to do sth informally

♦ nm

[idioma] creole;

Comp

Am

hablar en criollo to speak plainly, to speak in plain Spanish

CRIOLLO

The term criollo (creole) was first used in the 16th century. It meant a descendant of European colonizers (as opposed to a native or African) born in the New World to Spaniards but without the full legal, political or social status of a person born in Spain. The word has acquired different meanings since then in different regions. It can now mean “national” as opposed to “from abroad”, referring to anything from people to animal breeds, and can be translated as “Mexican”, “Venezuelan” or whatever the relevant nationality may be.

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criollo

I adj Creole

II m, criolla f Creole

III f idioma Creole

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criollo, -lla adj

1) : Creole

2) : native, national

comida criolla: native cuisine

criollo, -lla n

: Creole

criollo nm

: Creole (language)