mulato
See also: Mulato
English
Etymology
Spanish
Noun
mulato (plural mulatos)
- Capsicum annuum, a chili pepper related to the poblano and usually sold dried.
Anagrams
- lam out
Esperanto
Etymology
Derived from Spanish mulato.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [muˈlato]
- Rhymes: -ato
- Hyphenation: mu‧la‧to
Noun
mulato (accusative singular mulaton, plural mulatoj, accusative plural mulatojn)
- mulatto (person of mixed black and white descent)
See also
- mestizo (“mestizo”)
- kvarterono (“quadroon”)
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mulato (“mulatto”), from mulo (“mule”), from Latin mulus (“mule”). Perhaps an allusion to the hybrid origin of mules.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muˈla.tu/
- Rhymes: -atu
- Hyphenation: mu‧la‧to
Noun
mulato m (plural mulatos, feminine mulata, feminine plural mulatas)
- mulatto
Adjective
mulato (feminine mulata, masculine plural mulatos, feminine plural mulatas)
- mulatto
- 1995 June 25, “Mãe afirma ao Censo que filhos mulatos são negros”, in Folha de São Paulo:
- Quando Paula Barreto, 36, branca, filha do produtor de cinema Luís Carlos Barreto, anunciou que iria se casar com o jogador de futebol Cláudio Adão, 39, negro, comprou uma briga em casa. A reação de sua mãe, a produtora Lucy Barreto, foi perguntar se ela já tinha pensado que seus filhos seriam mulatos.
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Spanish
Etymology
mulo (“mule”) + -ato
Adjective
mulato (feminine mulata, masculine plural mulatos, feminine plural mulatas)
- mulatto
- dark-skinned
- Synonym: moreno
Derived terms
- chile mulato
- garbanzo mulato
- mulatizar
- palo mulato
Noun
mulato m (plural mulatos, feminine mulata, feminine plural mulatas)
- (obsolete) a small or young mule
- Synonym: muleto
- copal tree (Bursera spp.)
- Synonyms: copal, cuajiote colorado, indio desnudo, jiote, palo mulato, papelillo, torote
- mockingbird (general term)
- Synonyms: cenzontle, gato
- tropical mockingbird (Mimus gilvus)
- Synonyms: cenzontle, cenzontle austral, cenzontle cenizo, cenzontle de Castilla, cenzontle gris, cenzontle tropical, chico, paraulata llanera, sinsonte tropical
- great-tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
- Synonyms: acazanate, clarinero, grajo, huertero, itzlaolzanate, izanatl, pájaro prieto, papate, picho, tordo grande, tordo macho, urraca, zanate
- Brewer's blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
- Synonyms: mirlo, mosquero, tordo chico, tordo de ojos amarillos, tordo migratorio, urraca
Derived terms
- mulato azul
- mulato común
- mulato guatemalteco
- mulato pechiblanco, mulato pecho blanco
References
- Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988) A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 76, 437
Further reading
- “mulato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014