mesteño

Spanish

Alternative forms
  • mestenco

Etymology

From Spanish mesta (“ownerless beast”), from Medieval Latin animālia mixta (“assorted animals”), from Latin mixtus (“mixed”).

Adjective

mesteño (feminine mesteña, masculine plural mesteños, feminine plural mesteñas)

  1. stray (animal)
  2. untamed, wild

Noun

mesteño m (plural mesteños, feminine mesteña, feminine plural mesteñas)

  1. stray (animal)
  2. mustang (of horses)

Derived terms
  • mesteñero

Further reading
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