indio

/ˈindjo/, [ˈĩn̪.d̪jo]

indian


Adjective indio (feminine india, masculine plural indios, feminine plural indias)

  1. Indian (from India)
  2. Indian, Native American
  3. (historical) Spanish colonial racial term for a member of the native Austronesian peoples of the Philippines (between the 16th and 19th centuries)

Noun indio m (plural indios, feminine india, feminine plural indias)

  1. a native of India
  2. a Native American
  3. historical a Filipino

Noun indio m (uncountable)

  1. indium

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • ¿Es verdad que en España hay una estatua de Hernán Cortés pisando la cabeza despojada de un indio?

    Is it true that in Spain there's a statue of Hernán Cortez stepping on the severed head of an indian?

  • Mi amigo es indio.

    My friend is Indian.

  • Mumbai es la capital del estado indio de Maharashtra.

    Mumbai is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra.


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