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castizo

castizo noun: the offspring of a European and a mestizo; someone of three quarters European and one quarter Amerindian ancestry.

Noun

castizo (plural castizos)

  1. (historical, under the caste system of colonial Latin America) The offspring of a European and a mestizo; someone of three quarters European and one quarter Amerindian ancestry.

Forms of castizo

pluralcastizos

Origin of castizo

Borrowed from Spanish castizo.

Questions about castizo

What does castizo mean?
Castizo means the offspring of a European and a mestizo; someone of three quarters European and one quarter Amerindian ancestry.
What part of speech is castizo?
Castizo is a noun.
What is the plural of castizo?
The plural of castizo is castizos.

Words near castizo in the dictionary

  1. castism
  2. castist
  3. castists
  4. castiza
  5. castizas
  6. castizo
  7. castizos
  8. castle
  9. Castle Acre
  10. Castle Ashby
  11. Castle bob

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