mestizaje

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish mestizaje. === Noun === mestizaje (uncountable) The postrevolutionary construction of a modern Mexican national identity. == Spanish == === Etymology === From mestizo + -aje. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mestiˈθaxe/ [mes.t̪iˈθa.xe] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /mestiˈsaxe/ [mes.t̪iˈsa.xe] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -axe Syllabification: mes‧ti‧za‧je === Noun === mestizaje m (plural mestizajes) a miscegenation, especially between Spaniards and natives of their former colonies === Further reading === “mestizaje”, 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