mestizaje

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish mestizaje

Noun[edit]

mestizaje (uncountable)

  1. The postrevolutionary construction of a modern Mexican national identity.

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From mestizo +‎ -aje.

Noun[edit]

mestizaje m (plural mestizajes)

  1. a miscegenation, especially between Spaniards and natives of their former colonies

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