mestiso

English

Noun

mestiso (plural mestisos or mestisoes)

1. Archaic form of mestizo.

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mestizo, from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus + -īcius.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mes‧ti‧so

Adjective

mestiso

1. biracial, multiracial, mixed race

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• mestizo
• mistiso

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mestizo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /mesˈtiso/ [mɛsˈt̪iː.so]
• Rhymes: -iso
• Syllabification: mes‧ti‧so

Adjective

mestiso (feminine mestisa, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜐᜓ)

1. mestizo; mixed-blood; half-blooded; mixed-race; mixed heritage
2. (by extension) fair-skinned male

Noun

mestiso (feminine mestisa, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜐᜓ)

1. mestizo
2. (by extension) handsome fair-skinned male, usually of mixed Filipino and white heritage

Derived terms

• tisoy

See also

• Intsik
• mestisa
• morena
• moreno
• tsinita
• tsinito

 

Further reading

• Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 94