mulato

See also: Mulato

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mulato. Doublet of mulatto.

Noun

mulato (plural mulatos)

1. Capsicum annuum, a chili pepper related to the poblano and usually sold dried.

Anagrams

• lam out

Esperanto

Etymology

Derived from Spanish mulato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [muˈlato]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: mu‧la‧to

Noun

mulato (accusative singular mulaton, plural mulatoj, accusative plural mulatojn)

1. mulatto (a person of mixed black and white descent)

   Coordinate term: mulatino (mulatta)

See also

• mestizo (mestizo)
• mestizino (mestiza (f.))
• kvarterono (quadroon)
• kvarteronino (quadroon (f.)))

 

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mulato (“mulatto”), from mulo (“mule”), from Latin mūlus (“mule”). Perhaps an allusion to the hybrid origin of mules.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈla.tu/

• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: mu‧la‧to

Noun

mulato m (plural mulatos, feminine mulata, feminine plural mulatas)

1. mulatto

Adjective

mulato (feminine mulata, masculine plural mulatos, feminine plural mulatas)

1. mulatto
   • 1995 June 25, “Mãe afirma ao Censo que filhos mulatos são negros”, in Folha de São Paulo‎^[1]:

     Quando Paula Barreto, 36, branca, filha do produtor de cinema Luís Carlos Barreto, anunciou que iria se casar com o jogador de futebol Cláudio Adão, 39, negro, comprou uma briga em casa. A reação de sua mãe, a produtora Lucy Barreto, foi perguntar se ela já tinha pensado que seus filhos seriam mulatos.

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Related terms

• mula

Spanish

Etymology

From mulo (“mule”) +‎ -ato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈlato/ [muˈla.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: mu‧la‧to

Adjective

mulato (feminine mulata, masculine plural mulatos, feminine plural mulatas)

1. mulatto
2. dark-skinned

   Synonym: moreno

Derived terms

• chile mulato
• garbanzo mulato
• mulatizar
• palo mulato

 

Noun

mulato m (plural mulatos, feminine mulata, feminine plural mulatas)

1. (obsolete) a small or young mule

   Synonym: muleto

2. copal tree (Bursera spp.)

   Synonyms: copal, cuajiote colorado, indio desnudo, jiote, palo mulato, papelillo, torote

3. mockingbird (general term)

   Synonyms: cenzontle, gato

4. tropical mockingbird (Mimus gilvus)

   Synonyms: cenzontle, cenzontle austral, cenzontle cenizo, cenzontle de Castilla, cenzontle gris, cenzontle tropical, chico, paraulata llanera, sinsonte tropical

5. great-tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)

   Synonyms: acazanate, clarinero, grajo, huertero, itzlaolzanate, izanatl, pájaro prieto, papate, picho, tordo grande, tordo macho, urraca, zanate

6. Brewer's blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)

   Synonyms: mirlo, mosquero, tordo chico, tordo de ojos amarillos, tordo migratorio, urraca

Derived terms

• mulato azul
• mulato común
• mulato guatemalteco
• mulato pechiblanco
• mulato pecho blanco

 

References

• Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988) A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna‎^[2], Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 76, 437

Further reading

• “mulato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28