Mestizo - Wikipedia Many Indigenous people, and sometimes those with partial African descent, were classified as Mestizo if they spoke Spanish and lived as Mestizos In colonial Venezuela, pardo was more commonly used instead of mestizo
Mestizo | Definition Facts | Britannica Mestizo, any person of mixed blood In Central and South America it denotes a person of combined Indian and European extraction In some countries—e g , Ecuador—it has acquired social and cultural connotation; a pure-blooded Indian who has adopted European dress and customs is called a mestizo
Mestizo vs. Mulatto — What’s the Difference? Mestizo refers to individuals of mixed European and Indigenous American descent, while Mulatto describes those of mixed European and African ancestry
Mestizos in Mexico - Wikipedia In Mexico, the term mestizo (lit 'mixed') is an identity of those of mixed European (mainly Spanish) and Amerindian (mainly Mesoamerican) ancestry Some believe it can be defined by criteria ranging from ideological and cultural to self-identification, genetic ancestry, or physical appearance
MESTIZO Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Mestizo definition: a person of mixed racial or ethnic ancestry, especially, in Latin America, of mixed Indigenous and European descent or, in the Philippines, of mixed Indigenous and foreign descent
Mestizo - Wikiwand Many Indigenous people, and sometimes those with partial African descent, were classified as Mestizo if they spoke Spanish and lived as Mestizos In colonial Venezuela, pardo was more commonly used instead of mestizo