What does «mestizo» mean in Spanish?
- Born to parents of different ethnicities, particularly Indian and white.
- Animal or plant resulting from the sexual crossbreeding of two different breeds or types.
- Result of mixtures of different cultures. Mestizos after the Spanish conquest in America The word mestizaje is mostly used to refer to the biological mixture produced in Latin America after the arrival of the European conquerors (and later their African slaves) with the Native Americans; however, mestizaje has occurred in many parts of the world throughout history.