criollo

== English == === Noun === criollo (plural criollos) Alternative form of Criollo. == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese crioulo (“white person born in the colonies; slave born in the house of his master; black person born in the colonies”). === Pronunciation === Syllabification: crio‧llo === Adjective === criollo (feminine criolla, masculine plural criollos, feminine plural criollas) creole Related from people descended from European parents living in the Americas === Noun === criollo m (plural criollos) creole a person descended from European parents living in the Americas (Philippines, historical, obsolete) Spaniard born and/or raised in Spanish America who immigrated or visited the Spanish Colonial Philippines or Spanish East Indies in general Synonym: americano Coordinate terms: peninsular, insular, filipino, filipina ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “criollo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 criollo on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es