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indio

See also: Indio, and índio

English

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Alternative forms

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Indio, índio

Etymology

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From Spanish indio, Portuguese índio.

Noun

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indio (plural indios)

  1. A member of one of various indigenous peoples in the Americas and East Asia formerly subject to Spain or Portugal, specifically a Native American in Mexico or Brazil, or an indigenous inhabitant of the Philippines.
    • 2003, Peter Robb, A Death in Brazil, Bloomsbury, published 2005, page 108:
      On the sugar estates the índios were then annihilated by the infections the Portuguese had brought from Europe.

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /inˈdio/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: in‧di‧o

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indio (uncountable, accusative indion)

  1. indium

Galician

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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indio (feminine india, masculine plural indios, feminine plural indias)

  1. Indian (of or relating to India)
    Synonym: hindú
  2. Indian (of or relating to the indigenous peoples of the Americas)

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indio m (plural indios, feminine india, feminine plural indias)

  1. Indian (person from India)
    Synonym: hindú
  2. Indian; Native American
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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indio m (uncountable)

  1. indium

Italian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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indio m (plural indi or indios, feminine india)

  1. Indian, Native American
    Synonyms: nativo americano, amerindio, indiano

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indio m (invariable)

  1. (chemistry) indium
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Latin

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Noun

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indiō

  1. dative/ablative singular of indium

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From India (“India”).

Adjective

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indio (feminine india, masculine plural indios, feminine plural indias)

  1. Indian (from India)
  2. Indian, Native American
  3. (historical, archaic) Spanish colonial racial term for a native of the East Indies (i.e. lands beyond India looking from the west)
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Noun

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indio m (plural indios, feminine india, feminine plural indias)

  1. a native of India
  2. a Native American
  3. (historical, archaic) a native of the Philippines, as part of the Spanish East Indies
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Etymology 2

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From índigo.

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indio m (uncountable)

  1. indium

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