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Zambo (Spanish: [ˈθambo] or [ˈsambo]) or cafuzo (Portuguese: [kɐˈfuzu]) are racial terms used in the Spanish and Portuguese Empires and occasionally today to identify individuals in the Americas who are of mixed African and Amerindian ancestry (the analogous English term considered a slur is sambo). Historically the racial cross between African slaves and Amerindians was referred to as a zambaggoa then zambo then sambo.
