mulato

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish mulato. Doublet of mulatto. === Noun === mulato (plural mulatos) a chili pepper (Capsicum annuum), related to the poblano and usually sold dried. === Anagrams === lam out == Esperanto == === Etymology === Derived from Spanish mulato. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /muˈlato/ Rhymes: -ato Syllabification: mu‧la‧to === Noun === mulato (accusative singular mulaton, plural mulatoj, accusative plural mulatojn) mulatto (a person of mixed black and white descent) Coordinate term: mulatino (mulatta) === See also === == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish mulato (“mulatto”), from mulo (“mule”), from Latin mūlus (“mule”). Perhaps an allusion to the hybrid origin of mules. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -atu Hyphenation: mu‧la‧to === Noun === mulato m (plural mulatos, feminine mulata, feminine plural mulatas) mulatto ==== Descendants ==== → Old Tupi: muratuNheengatu: muratú === Adjective === mulato (feminine mulata, masculine plural mulatos, feminine plural mulatas) mulatto ==== Related terms ==== mula === Further reading === “mulato”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “mulato”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From mulo (“mule”) + -ato. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /muˈlato/ [muˈla.t̪o] Rhymes: -ato Syllabification: mu‧la‧to === Adjective === mulato (feminine mulata, masculine plural mulatos, feminine plural mulatas) mulatto dark-skinned Synonym: moreno ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === mulato m (plural mulatos, feminine mulata, feminine plural mulatas) (obsolete) a small or young mule Synonym: muleto copal tree (Bursera spp.) Synonyms: copal, cuajiote colorado, indio desnudo, jiote, palo mulato, papelillo, torote tangarana, ant tree (Triplaris) mockingbird (general term) Synonyms: cenzontle, gato tropical mockingbird (Mimus gilvus) Synonyms: cenzontle, cenzontle austral, cenzontle cenizo, cenzontle de Castilla, cenzontle gris, cenzontle tropical, chico, paraulata llanera, sinsonte tropical great-tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) Synonyms: acazanate, clarinero, grajo, huertero, itzlaolzanate, izanatl, pájaro prieto, papate, picho, tordo grande, tordo macho, urraca, zanate Brewer's blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) Synonyms: mirlo, mosquero, tordo chico, tordo de ojos amarillos, tordo migratorio, urraca ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: mulat (semantic loan) → English: mulatto → Portuguese: mulato === References === Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988), A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna‎[2], Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 76, 437 === Further reading === “mulato”, 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