mameluco

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese mameluco, from Arabic مَمْلُوك (mamlūk, “slave”). Doublet of mameluke. === Noun === mameluco (plural mamelucos) A child born of one white parent and one Brazilian Indian parent. [from 19th c.] ==== Coordinate terms ==== (person of mixed race): see list in mulatto ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === mameluco (comparative more mameluco, superlative most mameluco) (dated or historical) Born of a white father and American Indian mother, particularly in South America. ==== Translations ==== === References === “mameluco”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === mamaluco === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic مَمْلُوك (mamlūk, “slave”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ma‧me‧lu‧co === Noun === mameluco m (plural mamelucos, feminine mameluca, feminine plural mamelucas) (historical) mameluke (member of a military regime in mediaeval and early modern Egypt and Syria) mameluco (person born of a white father and American Indian mother) === Adjective === mameluco (feminine mameluca, masculine plural mamelucos, feminine plural mamelucas) mameluco === Further reading === “mameluco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “mameluco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mameˈluko/ [ma.meˈlu.ko] Rhymes: -uko Syllabification: ma‧me‧lu‧co === Adjective === mameluco (feminine mameluca, masculine plural mamelucos, feminine plural mamelucas) mameluco === Noun === mameluco m (plural mamelucos) mameluke mameluco (Latin America) overalls; onesie Synonyms: mono, braga, buzo, overol === Further reading === “mameluco”, 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