indio
See also: Indio and índio
English
Alternative forms
Indio, índio
Etymology
From Spanish indio, Portuguese índio.
Noun
indio (plural indios)
- A member of one of various indigenous peoples in the Americas and East Asia formerly subject to Spain or Portugal, specifically a Native American in Mexico or Brazil, or an indigenous inhabitant of the Philippines.
- 2003, Peter Robb, A Death in Brazil, Bloomsbury 2005, p. 108:
- On the sugar estates the índios were then annihilated by the infections the Portuguese had brought from Europe.
- 2003, Peter Robb, A Death in Brazil, Bloomsbury 2005, p. 108:
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inˈdio/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: in‧di‧o
Noun
indio (uncountable, accusative indion)
- indium
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈindjʊ/
Adjective
indio m (feminine singular india, masculine plural indios, feminine plural indias)
- Indian (of or relating to India)
- Synonym: hindú
- Indian (of or relating to the indigenous peoples of the Americas)
Noun
indio m (plural indios, feminine india, feminine plural indias)
- Indian (person from India)
- Synonym: hindú
- Indian; Native American
Related terms
- India
Noun
indio m (uncountable)
- indium
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈin.djo/
- Rhymes: -indjo
- Hyphenation: ìn‧dio
Noun
indio m (plural indi, feminine india)
- Indian, Native American
- Synonyms: nativo americano, amerindio, indiano
Noun
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indio m (invariable)
- (chemistry) indium
Related terms
- indaco
Anagrams
- nidio
Latin
Noun
indiō
- dative/ablative singular of indium
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈindjo/ [ˈĩn̪.d̪jo]
Audio (Spain) (file) - Rhymes: -indjo
- Syllabification: in‧dio
Etymology 1
From India (“India”).
Adjective
indio (feminine india, masculine plural indios, feminine plural indias)
- Indian (from India)
- Indian, Native American
- (historical, archaic) Spanish colonial racial term for a native of the East Indies (i.e. lands beyond India looking from the west)
Derived terms
- fila india
- rinoceronte indio
Noun
indio m (plural indios, feminine india, feminine plural indias)
- a native of India
- a Native American
- (historical, archaic) a native of the Philippines, as part of the Spanish East Indies
Derived terms
- indio viejo
- pluma de indio
Etymology 2
From índigo.
Noun
indio m (uncountable)
- indium
Further reading
- “indio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014