Example sentences for: mestizo

How can you use “mestizo” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • La Raza is used by Chicanos because they identify as mestizo people and see themselves as members of a special race, a group of people with a distinct heritage and destiny.

  • Because she gave birth to the first mestizo, the first Mexicano, she is considered the mother of la raza cósmica (the cosmic race).

  • The girls, rucas (Indian girls) or cholas (mestizo girls), may wear the same khaki pants or short tight skirts, highly teased long hair, and lots of eye makeup.

  • According to Mexican and Chicano folklore she metaphorically represents the raped Indian woman that produced the mestizo (mixed Spanish and Indian) race, the Mexican, but she is also considered a double-crosser.

  • “La Bamba” is considered to be a son jarocho (country folks’ dancing music), an example of the mestizo (mixed-race) musical tradition, with strong African influences, from the state of Veracruz.


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