criollo

American  

[kree-oh-loh, kree-aw-yaw] / kriˈoʊ loʊ, kriˈɔ jɔ /

noun

• criollos
  plural

1. a person born in Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.

2. a domestic animal of any of several strains or breeds developed in Latin America.

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a criollo or criollos.

criollo British  

/ kriːˈəʊləʊ, ˈkrjoʎo /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Latin America of European descent, esp of Spanish descent

2. 1. any of various South American breeds of domestic animal

   2. ( as modifier )

      a criollo pony

3. a high-quality variety of cocoa

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a criollo or criollos

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• criollos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of criollo

From Spanish, dating back to 1905–10; see origin at Creole

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

criollo

The mound of mashed fried plantains, draped with clean curls of shrimp sauteed in criollo sauce, is unapologetically — you might say gloriously — starchy.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 29, 2022

Her Cuban-American family bastes the turkey in a mojo criollo marinade.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2021

Grilled, butterflied chorizo criollo on a demi-baguette smeared with chimichurri: In Argentina this sandwich tends to stop there, but we like the sautéed peppers and onions on top at the Elvio’s stand at Smorgasburg LA.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2016

It fuses the prized complex and fruit-flavored criollo bean with the hardy forastero, the bulk bean, mostly sourced from West Africa, that accounts for some 70 percent of the chocolate we eat.

From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2012

The cacao of the criollo variety has pods the walls of which are thin and warty, with ten distinct furrows.

From Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to Consumer by Arthur William Knapp