mestizo

adj.

1 of mixed racial ancestry, mestizo.

2 crossbred.

3 hybrid.

f. & m.

person of mixed racial ancestry, Creole, half-caste, person of mixed race.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: mestizar.

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mestizo

► adjetivo

1 of mixed race, mestizo

2 peyorativo half-breed

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 person of mixed race, mestizo

2 peyorativo half-breed

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mestizo, -a

1.

ADJ [persona] mixed-race; [sociedad] racially mixed; [raza] mixed; [animal] crossbred, mongrel pey; [planta] hybrid

2.

SM / F (=persona) mestizo, half-caste pey; (=animal) crossbreed, mongrel pey; (=planta) hybrid

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I

-za adjetivo

a) <persona> of mixed race, particularly of Indian and white parentage

de sangre mestiza — of mixed blood

b) <animal> crossbred

c) <planta> hybrid

II

-za masculino, femenino mestizo, person of mixed race

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= half-caste, mixed race, half-breed.

Ex. Australian government forbade intermarriage between whites & Aboriginals & half-castes with Aboriginals.

Ex. Do people of mixed race feel caught between two stools or are they nestling in the best of both worlds?.

Ex. From such unions sprang families of 'half-breeds,' as the children of white parent and Indian parent were termed.

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* perro mestizo = mongrel.

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I

-za adjetivo

a) <persona> of mixed race, particularly of Indian and white parentage

de sangre mestiza — of mixed blood

b) <animal> crossbred

c) <planta> hybrid

II

-za masculino, femenino mestizo, person of mixed race

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= half-caste, mixed race, half-breed.

Ex: Australian government forbade intermarriage between whites & Aboriginals & half-castes with Aboriginals.

Ex: Do people of mixed race feel caught between two stools or are they nestling in the best of both worlds?.

Ex: From such unions sprang families of 'half-breeds,' as the children of white parent and Indian parent were termed.

* perro mestizo = mongrel.

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mestizo¹ -za

adjective

1 ‹persona› of mixed race, particularly of Indian and white parentage

de sangre mestiza of mixed blood o race

2 ‹animal› crossbred

3 ‹planta› hybrid

mestizo² -za

masculine, feminine

half-caste, mestizo, person of mixed race

los derechos de los mestizos the rights of people of mixed race

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mestizo

◊ -za adjetivo

a) ‹persona› of mixed race (particularly of Indian and white parentage);

◊ de sangre mestiza of mixed blood

b) ‹animal› crossbred

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
mestizo, person of mixed race
mestizo,-a
I adjetivo (persona) of mixed race
II sustantivo masculino y femenino mestizo, person of mixed race
'mestizo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acholada
- acholado
- mestiza
- chino
- ladino
English:
half-breed
- half-caste
- mongrel

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mestizo, -a

♦ adj

1. [persona] of mixed race, half-caste

2. [animal, planta] cross-bred

♦ nm,f

person of mixed race, half-caste

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mestizo

m person of mixed race

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mestizo, -za adj

1) : of mixed ancestry

2) híbrido: hybrid

mestizo, -za n

: person of mixed ancestry