Mestizo (/ m ɛ ˈ s t iː z oʊ, m ɪ ˈ-/ mest-EE-zoh, mist-, [1] [2] Spanish: or; fem. mestiza, literally 'mixed person') is a person of mixed European and non-European ancestry in the former Spanish Empire.

Jul 10, 2015 · The term mestizo means mixed in Spanish, and is generally used throughout Latin America to describe people of mixed ancestry with a white European and an indigenous background.

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.

Monument to the Mestizaje in Mexico City, showing Hernan Cortes, La Malinche and their son, Martín Cortes, one of the first mestizos in Mexico.. When the term mestizo and the caste system were introduced to Mexico is unknown, but the earliest surviving records categorizing people by "qualities" (as castes were known in early colonial Mexico) …

Jun 2, 2023 · Mestizo Identity: The Roots of Mixed-Race Culture in Latin America. What is a mestizo? Is there a mestizo culture? What does mestizaje have to do with the history of Latin America? These questions are at the core of Latin American and mestizo identities.

May 18, 2018 · A Mestizo is a person of American Indian and (usually white) European ancestry. The word comes from the Spanish and means "mixed," but it can also refer to a person of French-Indian, Portuguese-Indian, or Dutch-Indian heritage.

The meaning of MESTIZO is a person of mixed blood; specifically : a person of mixed European and Indigenous American ancestry.

Mestizo (meh-STEE-tzo), is a Spanish term for a person who is of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry. Mestizos have existed since men from Spain controlled much of what is now Latin America .

Mestizos are individuals of mixed European and Indigenous ancestry, often emerging as a distinct social group in the colonial societies of Latin America.

The Disappearing Mestizo suggests that processes of identification in early colonial Spanish America were fluid and rooted in an epistemology entirely distinct from modern racial discourses.