This word is from the Spanish mestizo (mixed-race male).
mes·tí·so
fair-skinned boy or man
fair-skinned boy or man
mestiso
partly Caucasain
Mukhang siyang mestiso.
He looks part Caucasian.
The female equivalent is mestisa.
non-standard spelling variation: mistiso
MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG
mestíso: laláking anak ng mag-asawang magkaiba ng lahi
