indio

See also: Indio and índio

English

Alternative forms

• Indio, índio

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish indio, Portuguese índio.

Noun

indio (plural indios)

1. A member of one of various indigenous peoples in the Americas, Pacific, and East Asia formerly subject to Spain or Portugal, specifically a Native American in Mexico or Brazil, or an indigenous inhabitant of the Philippines.
   • 2003, Peter Robb, A Death in Brazil, Bloomsbury, published 2005, page 108:

     On the sugar estates the índios were then annihilated by the infections the Portuguese had brought from Europe.

Anagrams

• iodin, diion, dinoi, Idoni

Esperanto

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Chemical element
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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈdio/

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• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: in‧di‧o

Noun

indio (uncountable, accusative indion)

1. indium

Galician

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indio

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈindjo/ [ˈin̪.d̪jʊ]
• Rhymes: -indjo
• Hyphenation: in‧dio

Etymology 1

Adjective

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

1. Indian (of or relating to India)

   Synonym: hindú

2. Indian (of or relating to the indigenous peoples of the Americas)

Noun

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

1. Indian (person from India)

   Synonym: hindú

2. Indian; Native American

Related terms

• India

Etymology 2

Noun

indio m (uncountable)

1. indium