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criollo

/ˈkɾjoʝo/

adjective/ˈkɾjoʝo/

creole; Related from people descended from European parents living in the Americas

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

noun, masculine/ˈkɾjoʝo/plural: criollos

creole; a person descended from European parents living in the Americas; Spaniard born and/or raised in Spanish America who immigrated or visited the Spanish Colonial Philippines or Spanish East Indies in general

Synonyms: americano

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