hijastro

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin fīliaster, fīliastrum, from Latin fīlius. Compare Italian figliastro, Romanian fiastru.

Noun

hijastro m (plural hijastros, feminine hijastra, feminine plural hijastras)

1. stepchild, stepkid; stepson

Related terms

• madrastra
• padrastro

Further reading

• “hijastro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28