indio

See also: Indio and índio

English

Alternative forms

• Indio, índio

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish indio, Portuguese índio.

Noun

indio (plural indios)

1. 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

Chemical element (edit)
In Atomic number 49 indio
Classification data Period 5 Group 13 Block p-block Class post-transition metal
Previous: ← kadmio (Cd)
Next: stano (Sn) →

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈdio/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -io
• Syllabification: in‧di‧o

Noun

indio (uncountable, accusative indion)

1. indium

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈindjo/ [ˈin̪.d̪jʊ]
• Rhymes: -indjo
• Hyphenation: in‧dio

Etymology 1

Adjective

indio (feminine india, masculine plural indios, feminine plural indias)

1. Indian (of or relating to India)

   Synonym: hindú

2. Indian (of or relating to the indigenous peoples of the Americas)

Noun

indio m (plural indios, feminine india, feminine plural indias)

1. Indian (person from India)

   Synonym: hindú

2. Indian; Native American

Related terms

• India

Etymology 2

Noun

indio m (uncountable)

1. indium

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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)

1. Pertaining to Native americans

Noun

indio m or f by sense (plural indios, masculine plural indi, feminine india, feminine plural indie)

1. Indian (“Native American”), Native American

   Synonyms: nativo americano, amerindio, indiano

Further reading

• indio² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

Chemical element (edit)
In Atomic number 49 indio
Classification data Period 5 Group 13 Block p-block Class post-transition metal
Previous: ← cadmio (Cd)
Next: stagno (Sn) →

Noun

indio m (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) indium

Related terms

• indaco

Further reading

• indio¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• nidio

Latin

Noun

indiō

1. dative/ablative singular of indium

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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)

1. Indian (from India)
2. (offensive) Indian, Native American
3. (historical, archaic) Spanish colonial racial term for a native of the East Indies (i.e. lands beyond India looking from the west)

Usage notes

• Although Indian is sometimes acceptable usage in English, the Spanish cognate indio is often viewed offensively or even pejoratively by indigenous peoples in Hispanic America, who prefer the term indígena.

Derived terms

• ánsar indio
• bejuco de indio
• cobra india
• cuervo indio
• elefante indio
• fila india
• rinoceronte indio

Noun

indio m (plural indios, feminine india, feminine plural indias)

1. a native of India
2. (offensive) a Native American
3. (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 desnudo
• indio viejo
• pan de indio
• pluma de indio

Etymology 2

From índigo.

Chemical element (edit)
In Atomic number 49 indio
Classification data Period 5 Group 13 Block p-block Class post-transition metal
Previous: ← cadmio (Cd)
Next: estaño (Sn) →

Noun

indio m (uncountable)

1. indium

Further reading

• “indio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025