ilustrado

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noun

An educated wealthy and elite Filipino during the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines.

OriginPhilippine Spanish ilustrado →
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Meanings

ilustrado1

nounilustrado (plural ilustrados)

plural ilustrados

  1. PhilippineshistoricalAn educated wealthy and elite Filipino during the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines.

Ilustrado2

nounIlustrado (plural Ilustrados)

plural Ilustrados

  1. the Filipino intelligentsia during the Spanish colonial period in the late 19th century.

Origin

ilustrado · noun

  1. Philippine Spanishilustrado
  2. Philippine Spanishilustrado
  3. Englishilustrado

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish ilustrado.

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Ilustrado · noun

  1. Spanishilustrado“erudite, learned, an enlightened one”
  2. EnglishIlustrado

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

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APA

ilustrado. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ilustrado

MLA

“ilustrado.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ilustrado. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ilustrado,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ilustrado.

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