mestiço
Portuguese
Etymology
From Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus (“mixed”). Compare Spanish mestizo, French métis.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /mesˈt͡ʃi.su/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /meʃˈt͡ʃi.su/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mesˈt͡ʃi.so/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨʃˈti.su/
- Rhymes: -isu
- Hyphenation: mes‧ti‧ço
Adjective
mestiço (feminine mestiça, masculine plural mestiços, feminine plural mestiças)
- mixed (stemming from two or more races or breeds)
Noun
mestiço m (plural mestiços, feminine mestiça, feminine plural mestiças)
- multiracial person
- Coordinate term: pardo
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