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assimilado

[ɐ.si.mi.ˈla.du]
adjective/nounmasculinepl: assimilados
assimilated
1. A person who has adopted the cultural, social, or linguistic characteristics of a different group, particularly in colonial contexts
The assimilated individual adopted the customs of the dominant culture.
O assimilado adotou os costumes da cultura dominante.
2. Absorbed or integrated into a larger group or system
The immigrant community became assimilated within two generations.
A comunidade imigrante ficou assimilada em duas gerações.
3. (Historical) In Portuguese colonial Africa, a native person who had adopted Portuguese language and culture and obtained legal status
Assimilados in Angola were granted certain rights under colonial rule.
Os assimilados em Angola tinham certos direitos sob o domínio colonial.
Synonyms
integradoabsorvidoincorporadoaculturado
Antonyms
segregadoisoladoexcluídodiferenciado

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
assimilado
Common usage referring to cultural integration
Portugal
assimilado
Often used with historical reference to colonial policy and identity
Angola/Mozambique
assimilado
Historical term specific to colonial classification system

Related Idioms & Phrases

ser assimilado pela cultura
processo de assimilação cultural
política de assimilação
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