indio
Spanish, noun/ˈindjo/
indio is spelled I-N-D-I-O (5 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,767th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Indio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a native of India” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “elemento químico de número atómico 49 situado en el grupo 13 de la tabla periódica de los elementos. Su…”.
What does indio mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Indian (from India)
- 2
offensiveIndian, Native American
- 3
archaicSpanish colonial racial term for a native of the East Indies (i.e. lands beyond India looking from the west)
noun
- 1
masculinea native of India
- 2
masculineoffensivea Native American
- 3
archaicmasculinea native of the Spanish East Indies (such as the Philippines, Marianas (including Guam, Northern Marianas), Caroline Islands (including Palau, Micronesia))
noun
- 1
masculineindium
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Originario, relativo a, o propio de la India o el Indostán en general. 2. Originario, relativo a, o propio de cualquiera de las etnias nativas de América, con excepción de los inuit. 3. De costumbres y modales bárbaros.
adjective: 1. Añil.
noun: 1. elemento químico de número atómico 49 situado en el grupo 13 de la tabla periódica de los elementos. Su símbolo es In. Es un metal poco abundante, maleable, fácilmente fundible, químicamente similar al aluminio y al galio, pero más parecido al zinc.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of indio
- india feminine
- indios masculine plural
- indias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce indio?
- /ˈindjo/
- [ˈĩn̪.d̪jo]
- [ˈĩn̪d̪jo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to indio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is indio in Spanish?
indio appears 21 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).