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casta.

caste

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkasta/[ˈkas.t̪a]
  1. caste

    feminine
  2. lineage (of a person)

    feminine
  3. breed (of an animal)

    feminine
  4. establishment (the exclusive class of powerful people thought to really rule the country)

    Argentina · Spain · feminine
Where this word comes from

*Probably of Germanic origin; compare Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (*kasts), from Proto-Germanic *kastuz, Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”). Alternatively from a derivative of Latin castus (“chaste”). * (establishment): Term popularized in Spain in 2014 by the Spanish politician Pablo Iglesias, and his Podemos party to criticize the establishment. Although the term was already used in the 19th and 20th centuries and in 2010 by politicians and journalists.

adj/ˈkasta/[ˈkas.t̪a]
  1. feminine singular of casto

    feminine · form-of · singular
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