criollo

See also: Criollo

English

Noun

criollo (plural criollos)

1. Alternative form of Criollo

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese crioulo (“white person born in the colonies; slave born in the house of his master; black person born in the colonies”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾjoʝo/ [ˈkɾjo.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈkɾjoʝo/ [ˈkɾjo.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈkɾjoʎo/ [ˈkɾjo.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈkɾjoʃo/ [ˈkɾjo.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈkɾjoʒo/ [ˈkɾjo.ʒo]

Adjective

criollo (feminine criolla, masculine plural criollos, feminine plural criollas)

1. creole
2. (Latin America) unmixed European-descended Latin American
3. Latin American

Noun

criollo m (plural criollos)

1. creole
2. (Latin America) Latin American of unmixed European descent
3. Latin American

Derived terms

• criollismo
• criollito