# indio
## English
### Alternative forms

* Indio, índio

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish indio, Portuguese índio.

### Noun

indio (plural indios)
* A member of one of various indigenous peoples in the Americas, Pacific, and East Asia formerly subject to Spain or Portugal, specifically a Native American in Mexico or Brazil, or an indigenous inhabitant of the Philippines.
** 2003, Peter Robb, A Death in Brazil, Bloomsbury, published 2005, page 108:On the sugar estates the índios were then annihilated by the infections the Portuguese had brought from Europe.

### Anagrams

* iodin, diion, dinoi, Idoni

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /inˈdio/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: in‧di‧o

### Noun

indio (uncountable, accusative indion)
* indium

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈindjo/ [ˈin̪.d̪jʊ]
* Rhymes: -indjo
* Hyphenation: in‧dio

### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

indio (feminine india, masculine plural indios, feminine plural indias)
* Indian (of or relating to India)
    Synonym: hindú
* Indian (of or relating to the indigenous peoples of the Americas)

#### Noun

indio m (plural indios, feminine india, feminine plural indias)
* Indian (person from India)
    Synonym: hindú
* Indian; Native American

##### Related terms

* India

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

indio m (uncountable)
* indium

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈin.djo/
* Rhymes: -indjo
* Hyphenation: ìn‧dio

### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

indio (feminine indio or india, masculine plural indios or indi, feminine plural indios or indie)
* Pertaining to Native americans

#### Noun

indio m or f by sense (plural indios, masculine plural indi, feminine india, feminine plural indie)
* Indian (“Native American”), Native American
    Synonyms: nativo americano, amerindio, indiano

#### Further reading

* indio$^2$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

indio m (uncountable)
* (chemistry) indium

##### Related terms

* indaco

#### Further reading

* indio$^1$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### References

* ↑ indio in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* nidio

## Latin
### Noun

indiō
* dative/ablative singular of indium

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈindjo/ [ˈĩn̪.d̪jo]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -indjo
* Syllabification: in‧dio

### Etymology 1

From India (“India”).

#### Adjective

indio (feminine india, masculine plural indios, feminine plural indias)
* Indian (from India)
* Indian, Native American
* (historical, archaic) Spanish colonial racial term for a native of the East Indies (i.e. lands beyond India looking from the west)

##### Derived terms

* ánsar indio
* bejuco de indio
* cobra india
* elefante indio
* fila india
* rinoceronte indio

#### Noun

indio m (plural indios, feminine india, feminine plural indias)
* a native of India
* a Native American
* (historical, archaic) a native of the Spanish East Indies (such as the Philippines, Marianas (including Guam, Northern Marianas), Caroline Islands (including Palau, Micronesia))

##### Derived terms

* hierba del indio
* indio viejo
* pan de indio
* pluma de indio

### Etymology 2

From índigo.

#### Noun

indio m (uncountable)
* indium

### Further reading

* “indio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10