"castizo" meaning in Spanish

See castizo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kasˈtiθo/, [kasˈt̪i.θo], /kasˈtiso/, [kasˈt̪i.so] Forms: castiza [feminine], castizos [masculine, plural], castizas [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -iθo (Spain, Equatorial Guinea), -iso (Latin America, Philippines) Etymology: Either derived from casta (“caste”) + -izo or casto (“pure”) + -izo. Less likely inherited from a Vulgar Latin *casticeus, from Latin castus (“pure”). Etymology templates: {{suf|es|casta|izo|t1=caste}} casta (“caste”) + -izo, {{suf|es|casto|izo|t1=pure}} casto (“pure”) + -izo, {{der|es|la-vul||*casticeus}} Vulgar Latin *casticeus, {{der|es|la|castus|t=pure}} Latin castus (“pure”) Head templates: {{es-adj}} castizo (feminine castiza, masculine plural castizos, feminine plural castizas)
  1. pure-bred
    Sense id: en-castizo-es-adj-F5-LQ~b1 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish terms suffixed with -izo Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 10 38 42 10 Disambiguation of Spanish terms suffixed with -izo: 20 33 29 17
  2. pure, original, fully-fledged
    Sense id: en-castizo-es-adj-8IWnkpKT Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish terms suffixed with -izo Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 10 38 42 10 Disambiguation of Spanish terms suffixed with -izo: 20 33 29 17
  3. (linguistics) pure
    Sense id: en-castizo-es-adj-uLoux-kH Categories (other): Linguistics, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish terms suffixed with -izo Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 10 38 42 10 Disambiguation of Spanish terms suffixed with -izo: 20 33 29 17 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  4. (historical) having 3/4 white and 1/4 American Indian ancestry Tags: historical Synonyms: cuarterón
    Sense id: en-castizo-es-adj-Iox2wmUb Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish terms suffixed with -izo Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 10 38 42 10 Disambiguation of Spanish terms suffixed with -izo: 20 33 29 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: casticismo, casticista

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "casticismo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "casticista"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "casta",
        "3": "izo",
        "t1": "caste"
      },
      "expansion": "casta (“caste”) + -izo",
      "name": "suf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "casto",
        "3": "izo",
        "t1": "pure"
      },
      "expansion": "casto (“pure”) + -izo",
      "name": "suf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la-vul",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*casticeus"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *casticeus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "castus",
        "t": "pure"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin castus (“pure”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Either derived from casta (“caste”) + -izo or casto (“pure”) + -izo. Less likely inherited from a Vulgar Latin *casticeus, from Latin castus (“pure”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "castiza",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castizos",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castizas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "castizo (feminine castiza, masculine plural castizos, feminine plural castizas)",
      "name": "es-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "cas‧ti‧zo"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "cas‧ti‧zo"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 38 42 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 33 29 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish terms suffixed with -izo",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pure-bred"
      ],
      "id": "en-castizo-es-adj-F5-LQ~b1",
      "links": [
        [
          "pure-bred",
          "pure-bred"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 38 42 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 33 29 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish terms suffixed with -izo",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pure, original, fully-fledged"
      ],
      "id": "en-castizo-es-adj-8IWnkpKT",
      "links": [
        [
          "pure",
          "pure"
        ],
        [
          "original",
          "original"
        ],
        [
          "fully-fledged",
          "fully-fledged"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Linguistics",
          "orig": "es:Linguistics",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 38 42 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 33 29 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish terms suffixed with -izo",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pure"
      ],
      "id": "en-castizo-es-adj-uLoux-kH",
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "pure",
          "pure"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics) pure"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 38 42 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 33 29 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish terms suffixed with -izo",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "having 3/4 white and 1/4 American Indian ancestry"
      ],
      "id": "en-castizo-es-adj-Iox2wmUb",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) having 3/4 white and 1/4 American Indian ancestry"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cuarterón"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kasˈtiθo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kasˈt̪i.θo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kasˈtiso/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kasˈt̪i.so]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iθo (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iso (Latin America, Philippines)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "castizo"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/iso",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/iso/3 syllables",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/iθo",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/iθo/3 syllables",
    "Spanish 3-syllable words",
    "Spanish adjectives",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish terms derived from Latin",
    "Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "Spanish terms suffixed with -izo",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "casticismo"
    },
    {
      "word": "casticista"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "casta",
        "3": "izo",
        "t1": "caste"
      },
      "expansion": "casta (“caste”) + -izo",
      "name": "suf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "casto",
        "3": "izo",
        "t1": "pure"
      },
      "expansion": "casto (“pure”) + -izo",
      "name": "suf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la-vul",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*casticeus"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *casticeus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "castus",
        "t": "pure"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin castus (“pure”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Either derived from casta (“caste”) + -izo or casto (“pure”) + -izo. Less likely inherited from a Vulgar Latin *casticeus, from Latin castus (“pure”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "castiza",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castizos",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castizas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "castizo (feminine castiza, masculine plural castizos, feminine plural castizas)",
      "name": "es-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "cas‧ti‧zo"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "cas‧ti‧zo"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pure-bred"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pure-bred",
          "pure-bred"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pure, original, fully-fledged"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pure",
          "pure"
        ],
        [
          "original",
          "original"
        ],
        [
          "fully-fledged",
          "fully-fledged"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "es:Linguistics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pure"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "pure",
          "pure"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics) pure"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "having 3/4 white and 1/4 American Indian ancestry"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) having 3/4 white and 1/4 American Indian ancestry"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cuarterón"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kasˈtiθo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kasˈt̪i.θo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kasˈtiso/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kasˈt̪i.so]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iθo (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iso (Latin America, Philippines)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "castizo"
}

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