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crioulo.

creole (a language that arises from the adoption of a pidgin as a first language)

7 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/kɾiˈo(w).lu/Brazil[kɾiˈo(ʊ̯).lu]Brazil/kɾiˈo(w).lu/Portugal/ˈkɾjo(w).lu/Portugal
  1. creole (a language that arises from the adoption of a pidgin as a first language)

    masculine
    Crioulos de base portuguesa.
  2. Cape Verdean Creole; Crioulo

    masculine · uncountable
  3. crioulo (a horse breed of South America)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Uncertain but usually associated with cria (“offspring”), criar (“to breed; to rear”). Possibly a corruption of criadouro (“breeding place”).

noun/kɾiˈo(w).lu/Brazil[kɾiˈo(ʊ̯).lu]Brazil/kɾiˈo(w).lu/Portugal/ˈkɾjo(w).lu/Portugal
  1. criollo (a descendant of European settlers who is born in a colony)

    historical · masculine
  2. a slave born at the house of his master

    historical · masculine
  3. a black person born in the Americas

    historical · masculine
  4. Creole (a person of mixed African and European ancestry born in a colony or former colony)

    masculine
  5. nigger; negro (a person of sub-Saharan African descent)

    Brazil · dated · ethnic · masculine · slur · usually
Where this word comes from

Uncertain but usually associated with cria (“offspring”), criar (“to breed; to rear”). Possibly a corruption of criadouro (“breeding place”).

adj/kɾiˈo(w).lu/Brazil[kɾiˈo(ʊ̯).lu]Brazil/kɾiˈo(w).lu/Portugal/ˈkɾjo(w).lu/Portugal
  1. Creole (of mixed black and European descent)

  2. Creole (pertaining to Creole culture)

    Adoro música crioula.
  3. black (of sub-Saharan African descent)

    Brazil · dated · ethnic · slur · usually
  4. relating to creole languages

Where this word comes from

Uncertain but usually associated with cria (“offspring”), criar (“to breed; to rear”). Possibly a corruption of criadouro (“breeding place”).

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