mestizaje
Spanish, noun/mestiˈθaxe/
mestizaje is spelled M-E-S-T-I-Z-A-J-E (9 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 27,880th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mestizaje is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a miscegenation, especially between Spaniards and natives of their former colonies” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cruce de dos o más razas diferentes de seres vivos”.
What does mestizaje mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea miscegenation, especially between Spaniards and natives of their former colonies
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cruce de dos o más razas diferentes de seres vivos. 2. Grupo que es producto de estos cruces. 3. Mezcla de diferentes culturas.
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 mestizaje
- mestizajes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mestizaje?
- /mestiˈθaxe/
- [mes.t̪iˈθa.xe]
- /mestiˈsaxe/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mestizaje
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mestizaje in Spanish?
mestizaje appears 1.4 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).