What's a 'mestizo'?

Question

I heard the term used, but what's it really mean?

Answer 1

Mestizo is a term of Spanish origin used to designate the people of mixed European and indigenous non-European ancestry. The term has traditionally been applied mostly to those of mixed European and indigenous Amerindian ancestry who inhabit the region spanning the Americas; from the Canadian prairies in the north to Argentina and Chile's Patagonia in the south.

Answer 2

Mestizo (Portuguese, Mestiço; French, Métis: from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus, past participle of miscere, "to mix")

is a term of Spanish origin used to designate the people of mixed European and indigenous non-European ancestry. The term has traditionally been applied mostly to those of mixed European and indigenous Amerindian ancestry who inhabit the region spanning the Americas; from the Canadian prairies in the north to Argentina and Chile's Patagonia in the south.

Answer 3

No, it doesn't mean you are happy, nor that Mexicans rule.


Definitions of 'mestizo' (mĕs-tēzō) - 1 definition - The American Heritage® Dictionary

mestizo (n.) A person of mixed racial ancestry, especially of mixed European and Native American ancestry.

Answer 4

Mestizo is a mix between a European and indigenous people...In this case, it is a mix between Spanish and Aztec...

Answer 5

term of Spanish origin used to designate the people of mixed European and indigenous non-European ancestry

Answer 6

Mixed blood. White father or mother mixed with Indian not full blood Indian or Mexican in a nut shell.

Answer 7

A person that is mixed race. Such as Spanish and Indian (Native Mexican). It may include African in some places.

Answer 8

I think it is mixed Spanish and Indian person from Latin America.

Answer 9

da union from a European & Native American is a meztizo

Answer 10

I think its a porn video of a mule and a illegal mexican guy......