Etymology

ilustrado

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Today it means: An educated wealthy and elite Filipino during the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. Full definition →

Philippine Spanish ilustrado
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ilustrado · noun1

  1. Philippine Spanish · borrowed fromilustrado
  2. Philippine Spanish · borrowed fromilustrado
  3. English todayilustrado

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish ilustrado.

Ilustrado · noun2

  1. Spanish · borrowed fromilustrado“erudite, learned, an enlightened one”
  2. English todayIlustrado

From Spanish ilustrado (“erudite, learned, an enlightened one”).

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