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mestizo

English translation: the correct answer is Half-caste/ Half-breed/mixed-race

14:08 May 8, 2001
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Law/Patents
Spanish term or phrase: mestizo
... de raza mestiza
Cecilia Cantor
English translation:the correct answer is Half-caste/ Half-breed/mixed-race
Explanation:
Estos sustantivos se aplican a los seres humanos mientras que crossbred or hybrid es para animales
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Clara Albornoz
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Thank you so much for your help!
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Summary of answers provided
na +1MESTIZO ( it does not change)
Bertha S. Deffenbaugh
naof mixed race
Mauricio López Langenbach
nacrossbred race
Oso (X)
namixed race/blood
Carolina Ramirez
nathe correct answer is Half-caste/ Half-breed/mixed-race
Clara Albornoz
naracially mixed, mestizo or (this last one not very literal), half-X, half-y
Isabel Peralta


  

Answers


2 mins
of mixed race


Explanation:
Así lo he visto traducido en documentos legales, como partidas de nacimiento.

Mauricio López Langenbach
New Zealand
Local time: 20:02
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 60

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Bertha S. Deffenbaugh
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4 mins
crossbred race


Explanation:
mestizaje=crosbreeding, crossing the White and the Indian Races.

Espero que le sea útil.

Saludos afectuosos de Oso ¶:^)


    Simon & Schuster's
Oso (X)
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 3064
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7 mins
mixed race/blood


Explanation:
OXFORD Spanish<>English Dictionary:

"of mixed race, particularly of Indian and white parentage 'de sangre mestiza'=of mixed blood or race.

Hope that helps.




    OXFORD
Carolina Ramirez
Canada
Local time: 04:02
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 42

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Bertha S. Deffenbaugh
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9 mins peer agreement (net): +1
MESTIZO ( it does not change)


Explanation:
The word does not change in english.

CROSSBREED is for ANIMALS, not for people.

To confirm:

From ENCARTA WORLD ENGLISH DICTIONARY:

mestizo

mes·ti·zo [mes t z ] (plural mes·ti·zos, mes·ti·zoes) noun
person of combined ancestry: somebody who has parents or ancestors of different racial origins, especially somebody in Latin America of both Native American and European ancestry. Mestizos form the largest population group in many Latin American countries.


[Late 16th century. Via Spanish, from Latin mixtus , the past participle of miscere "to mix" (source of English mix and meddle).]

Encarta World English Dictionary. [American Edition]


Saludos,:)


BD







Bertha S. Deffenbaugh
United States
Local time: 01:02
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 219

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samsi
agree  Andrea Wright: exactly!
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5 hrs
the correct answer is Half-caste/ Half-breed/mixed-race


Explanation:
Estos sustantivos se aplican a los seres humanos mientras que crossbred or hybrid es para animales
suerte


    Collins Cobuild
    Cujas
Clara Albornoz
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1 day 21 hrs
racially mixed, mestizo or (this last one not very literal), half-X, half-y


Explanation:
Being x and y the races of his ancestors. Crosbreed refers only to animals (Collins dictionary). But you might be referring to an animal, and then you can use it.

Good luck!


    Collins and exp
Isabel Peralta
Spain
Local time: 10:02
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PRO pts in pair: 25
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