mulato
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See also: Mulato
English
Etymology
Noun
mulato (plural mulatos)
- Capsicum annuum, a chili pepper related to the poblano and usually sold dried.
Anagrams
Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
mulato (accusative singular mulaton, plural mulatoj, accusative plural mulatojn)
See also
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mulato (“mulatto”), from mulo (“mule”), from Latin mūlus (“mule”). Perhaps an allusion to the hybrid origin of mules.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -atu
- Hyphenation: mu‧la‧to
Noun
mulato m (plural mulatos, feminine mulata, feminine plural mulatas)
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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Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
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.)
- mockingbird (general term)
- tropical mockingbird (Mimus gilvus)
- great-tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
- Brewer's blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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