cristino

See also: Cristino

Spanish

Etymology

From the name of Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, mother of Isabella II and Queen Regent of Spain at the start of the Carlist Wars.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾisˈtino/ [kɾisˈt̪i.no]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: cris‧ti‧no

Adjective

cristino (feminine cristina, masculine plural cristinos, feminine plural cristinas)

1. Supporting Isabella II of Spain during the Carlist Wars

Noun

cristino m (plural cristinos, feminine cristina, feminine plural cristinas)

1. a supporter of Isabella II of Spain during the Carlist Wars

   Synonym: guiri

Further reading

• “cristino”, 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