criollo

Spanish

adj
Definitions
  • creole
  • (Latin America) unmixed European-descended Latin American
  • Latin American

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese crioulo (creole, slave born in the house of his master, white person born in the colonies, black person born in the colonies).

Origin

Portuguese

crioulo

Gloss

creole, slave born in the house of his master, white person born in the colonies, black person born in the colonies

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