castizo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish castizo.

Noun

castizo (plural castizos)

1. (historical, under the caste system of colonial Latin America) The offspring of a European and a mestizo; someone of three quarters European and one quarter Amerindian ancestry.

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Galician

Etymology

From casta (“progeny; race”) +‎ -izo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kasˈtiθo̝/

Noun

castizo m (plural castizos)

1. male pig; boar

   Synonyms: castal, castizal, verrón

Adjective

castizo m (plural castizos, feminine castiza, feminine plural castizas)

1. fit for procreation
2. genuine, characteristic; pure-bred, unmixed
   • 1777, anonymous, Romance da urca de Santo Antón:

     como tí ben conoces que són Jallejo castizo ó falarche en Castillano sería un gran desatino

     as you know, I'm a genuine Galician, and to talk to you in Castilian would be a great blunder

   Synonym: enxebre

References

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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “castizo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Spanish

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Most likely derived from casta +‎ -izo. Less likely from a Vulgar Latin *casticeus. Cf. also Spanish casto.

Adjective

castizo (feminine castiza, masculine plural castizos, feminine plural castizas)

1. pure-bred
2. pure, original, fully-fledged
3. (linguistics) pure
4. Used historically to describe a person of 3/4 European and 1/4 American Indian ancestry