crioulo

• criollo

Borrowed from Portuguese crioulo.

crioulo (plural crioulos)

1. A native horse of South America, known for its speed and endurance.

• couloir

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾjo(w).lu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾiˈo(w).lu/
• Hyphenation: cri‧ou‧lo

crioulo m (plural crioulos, feminine crioula, feminine plural crioulas)

1. (historical) criollo (a descendant of European settlers who is born in a colony)
2. (historical) a slave born in the house of his master
3. (historical) a black person born in the Americas
4. Creole (a person of mixed black and European ancestry born in a colony or former colony)
5. (Brazil, dated, usually offensive) nigger; negro (a person of sub-Saharan African descent)

   Synonyms: preto, negro (neutral)

6. crioulo (a horse breed of South America)
7. (linguistics) creole (a language that arises from the adoption of a pidgin as a first language)

   Crioulos de base portuguesa.

   Portuguese-based Creole languages.

8. (uncountable) Cape Verdean Creole; Crioulo

• English: crioulo, Crioulo
• Spanish: criollo
  • English: criollo
  • French: créole
    • English: Creole

crioulo m (feminine singular crioula, masculine plural crioulos, feminine plural crioulas, comparable)

1. Creole (of mixed black and European descent)
2. Creole (pertaining to Creole culture)

   Eu adoro música crioula.

   I love Creole music.

3. (Brazil, dated, usually offensive) black (of sub-Saharan African descent)
4. (linguistics) relating to creole languages