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mestizo

/mɛsˈtiː.zoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English

Syllables
mes-ti-zo
IPA
/mɛsˈtiː.zoʊ/
18
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

American usage

noun

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.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: mixtīcius, mixtus

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /mɛsˈtiː.zoʊ/
  • British English: /mɛsˈtiː.zoʊ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

mestizos (plural) mestizoes (plural)

Phrases

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

Frequently Paired Words

mestiz mestize Metis mulatto mustee mestiza

Rhymes With

rizo trevizo cannizzo petrizzo

Questions

How do you pronounce mestizo?
The recorded pronunciation is /mɛsˈtiː.zoʊ/.
What does mestizo mean?
A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Spanish and Native American heritage.
Where does mestizo come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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