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I played the piano as a boy for six years, from the time I was six to 12 years old. My piano lessons ended when my father died because our family had no more money. I used to have a mestiza teacher. She'd come once a week to teach me piano lessons, and she'd bribe me each time with an apple; otherwise, I wouldn't play.
John Gokongwei

Meaning of "mestiza" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MESTIZA

mestiza  [mɛˈstiːzə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MESTIZA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mestiza is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MESTIZA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mestiza

Mestizo

Mestizo is a term traditionally used in Spain and Spanish-speaking America to mean a person of combined European and Native American descent. The term was used as a racial category in the casta system that was in use during the Spanish Empire's control of their American colonies. To avoid confusion with the original usage of the term mestizo, mixed-race people started to be referred collectively as castas. During the colonial period, mestizos quickly became the majority group in much of what is today the Spanish-speaking parts of Latin America, and when the colonies started achieving independence from Spain, the mestizo group often became dominant. In some Latin American countries, such as Mexico, the concept of the "mestizo" became central to the formation of a new independent identity that was neither wholly Spanish nor wholly indigenous and the word mestizo acquired its current double meaning of mixed cultural heritage and descent. In colonial Venezuela, pardo was more commonly used instead of mestizo.

Definition of mestiza in the English dictionary

The definition of mestiza in the dictionary is a female of mixed parentage, esp the offspring of a Spanish American and an American Indian.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MESTIZA


beezer
ˈbiːzə
Caesar
ˈsiːzə
cock-teaser
ˈkɒkˌtiːzə
Ebenezer
ˌɛbəˈniːzə
freezer
ˈfriːzə
fridge-freezer
ˌfrɪdʒˈfriːzə
geezer
ˈɡiːzə
geyser
ˈɡiːzə
Giza
ˈɡiːzə
Pisa
ˈpiːzə
pleaser
ˈpliːzə
prick-teaser
ˈprɪkˌtiːzə
riza
ˈriːzə
squeezer
ˈskwiːzə
stripteaser
ˈstrɪptiːzə
teaser
ˈtiːzə
Teresa
təˈriːzə
Theresa
təˈriːzə
tweezer
twiːzə
visa
ˈviːzə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MESTIZA

messiest
messieurs
messily
Messina
messiness
messman
messmate
Messrs
messuage
messy
mestee
mester
mesteso
mestino
mestizo
mesto
mestom
mestome
mestranol

WORDS THAT END LIKE MESTIZA

arbuscular mycorrhiza
baiza
coleorhiza
coleorrhiza
ectomycorrhiza
ectotrophic mycorrhiza
endomycorrhiza
endotrophic mycorrhiza
Ibiza
Iviza
mycorhiza
mycorrhiza
pileorhiza

Synonyms and antonyms of mestiza in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mestiza» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MESTIZA

Find out the translation of mestiza to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mestiza from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mestiza» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

混血
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mestiza
570 millions of speakers

English

mestiza
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mestiza
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

mestiza
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Mestiza
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mestiça
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

mestiza
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

métisse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mestiza
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mestizin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

mestiza
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mestiza
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mestiza
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mestiza
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mestiza
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेस्टिझा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Mestiza
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

meticcio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mestiza
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Mestiza
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Mestiza
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

mestiza
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mestiza
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mestiza
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Mestiza
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mestiza

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MESTIZA»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mestiza

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QUOTES WITH «MESTIZA»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mestiza.
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John Gokongwei
I played the piano as a boy for six years, from the time I was six to 12 years old. My piano lessons ended when my father died because our family had no more money. I used to have a mestiza teacher. She'd come once a week to teach me piano lessons, and she'd bribe me each time with an apple; otherwise, I wouldn't play.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MESTIZA»

Discover the use of mestiza in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mestiza and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Borderlands: The New Mestiza
A twenty-fifth anniversary edition of Gloria Anzaldúa's classic exploration of border identity.
Gloria Anzaldúa, 2012
2
Wealth of Selves: Multiple Identities, Mestiza ...
In Wealth of Selves, Edwina Barvosa constructs an ambitious interdisciplinary blend of these insights and crafts them into an overarching theoretical framework for understanding multiple identities in terms of intersectionality, identity ...
Edwina Barvosa, 2008
3
Chicanas, Higher Education, and the Creation of Mestiza ...
Using short questionnaires and focus groups, twenty undergraduate Chicana women participated in this research.
Lisa Raquel Rubio, 2007
4
Feminisms: An Anthology of Literary Theory and Criticism
Jose Vasconcelos, Mexican philosopher, envisaged una raza mestiza, una mezrla de razas afi nes, una raza de color — la primera raza sfnetesis del ' globo. He called it a cosmic race, la raza nismica, a fifth race embracing the four major ...
Robyn R. Warhol, Diane Price Herndl, 1997
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Feminism on the Border: Chicana Gender Politics and Literature
Mestiza. Consciousness. and. Politics. Gloria. Anzaldua's. Borderlands. /. La. Frontera. Who, me confined? Ambivalent? Not so. Only your labels split me. Gloria Anzaldiia, "La Prieta," in This Bridge Called My Back In Borderlands / La Frontera: ...
Sonia Saldívar-Hull, 2000
6
Transforming Borders: Chicana/o Popular Culture and Pedagogy
While in Borderlands Anzaldúa developed her theories of Chicana subjectivity as mestiza consciousness, she understands that categories and labels can be both liberating and constraining. Her call to conocimiento is to cross bridges and ...
Alejandra C. Elenes, 2010
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Mixed Blessing: The Impact of the American Colonial ...
These chances are enhanced by being mestiza. A recent feature in the avant- garde magazine Mega, reported on eight women who "created an identity for themselves beyond the title" of former model and beauty queen. The transition of all ...
Hazel M. McFerson, 2002
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Public Women, Public Words: A Documentary History of ...
A Documentary History of American Feminism Dawn Keetley, John Pettegrew. away from set patterns and goals and toward a more whole perspective, one that includes rather than excludes. The new mestiza copes by developing a tolerance  ...
Dawn Keetley, John Pettegrew, 2005
9
Such News of the Land: U.S. Women Nature Writers
A. New. Mestiza. Primer. Borderlands. Philosophy. in. the. Children's. Books. of. Gloria. Anzaldua. Latina/o voices are strikingly absent from most anthologies on nature writing, a conspicuous void given the abundance of narratives that ...
Thomas S. Edwards, Elizabeth A. De Wolfe, 2001
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Writing on the Body: Female Embodiment and Feminist Theory
TOWARDS A NEW CONSCIOUSNESS Gloria Anzaldua For la mujei de mi raza hablara el espiritu Jose Vascocelos, Mexican philosopher, envisaged una raza mestiza, una mezcla de razas afines, una raza de color — la primera raza ...
Katie Conboy, Nadia Medina, Sarah Stanbury, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MESTIZA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mestiza is used in the context of the following news items.
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UConn Reads: The Great Racial Divide
Gloria Anzaldúa (Borderlands / La Frontera: The New Mestiza), bell hooks (Writing Beyond Race: Living Theory and Practice), and Dorothy ... «UConn Today, Jul 15»
2
Mas advierte de que de no ganar la secesión, el Estado pasará por …
Ubasart ha indicado que existen dos modelos de país, "el de los de arriba, representados por Mas, y la Cataluña mestiza, de clases medias y ... «El Correo Gallego, Jul 15»
3
Liza gustong isali ni Renee Salud sa Beauty Pageant: Exotic …
... pero ngayon, ang gusto ko si Soberano, kasi matangkad, hindi na siya molded na artista na tinurukan sa mukha, exotic, mestiza pero kita mo ... «Bandera, Jul 15»
4
Make Your Liberation Day Experience More Fun with SMG …
In the previous years, participants have decorated the tables, outside the canopy, inside and even dressed in Mestiza costume so if you want to ... «Pacific News Center, Jul 15»
5
Walking tour of Bonifacio's Manila
... hero of the masses, was not of pure indio or native stock because his mother, according to her marriage record, was a mestiza española. «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
6
El negocio de vender perros de raza en la frontera con Brasil …
A IC, mestiza y mística, le preocupa la cantidad de perros que se venden en la parada dispuesta para el transporte público muy cerca de su ... «Panorama.com.ve, Jul 15»
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UConn Reads: The Immigrant Journey
Gloria Anzaldua's Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza (Chicana/Queer Theory) and Guillermo Gómez-Peña's The New World Border ... «UConn Today, Jul 15»
8
Descubriendo las Religiones del Atlántico Negro
... y nos abre a una nación con una conciencia muy criolla y de identidad mestiza o mulata. El intercambio entre sociedades que experimentan ... «Sierra Maestra, Jul 15»
9
Luxurious locks
... Mikaela Lagdameo-Martinez, Bianca King, Vanessa Matsunaga, and Kylie Padilla, who represent the mestiza, morena, and chinita Filipinas. «The Manila Times, Jun 15»
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Oakland Hot Plate Aims to Shake Up Downtown Food and Music …
Luna Torio explained that her Latin/soul/funk band, Mestiza y la Ley, has been performing around the Bay Area for several years. The idea ... «East Bay Express, Jun 15»

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