Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

castizo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cas-ti-zo
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The offspring of a European and a mestizo; someone of three quarters European and one quarter Amerindian ancestry.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish castizo.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: castizo

Inflected Forms

castizos (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does castizo mean?: The offspring of a European and a mestizo; someone of three quarters European and one quarter Amerindian ancestry.
Where does castizo come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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