Etymology

mestizo de español

Today it means: A person of mixed Spanish Filipino and ethnic Austronesian Filipino ancestry (especially during the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines). Full definition →

Philippine Spanish mestizo de español
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  1. Philippine Spanish · borrowed frommestizo de español
  2. English todayMestizo de Español

From Philippine Spanish mestizo de español, from mestizo (“mixed”) + de (“of”) + español (“Spanish”).

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