What is the Spanish word for "twin" when the twin children are a boy and a girl?

Question

Spanish has different words (terms) for "twin." There is a term for twin brothers and twin sisters. What is the term, in proper Spain Spanish and in the Mexican language for children that are twins but are of the opposite gender? I need the colloquial Mexican and the proper Spanish terms for fraternal twin. Thank you! bae

Please do NOT double post. Why have you asked the same question on another thread? - Eddy, OCT 24, 2009

it is mallizo - Cyan2670, AGO 17, 2017

Answer 1

If referring to a set of twins where one is a boy and one is a girl then the masculine term prevails, gemelos.

Answer 2

From the Span¡shD!ct dictionary:

twin sustantivo
1. gemelo(a) (sustantivo masculino o femenino)

   twin brother -> hermano (m) gemelo

   twin sister -> hermana (f) gemela

Answer 3

How would I say in Mexican and proper Spanish this:

"Hello, my twin sister" when the speaker is a male/boy and he is greeting his sister who is his twin? bae

You should have put this in your main question. - Eddy, OCT 24, 2009

Answer 4

Q said:

I've read that gemelo is used more to mean identical twins while mellizo would be fraternal twins.

I agree.

Answer 5

At a guess.

Boy to girl - Hola gemela mía

Girl to boy - Hola gemelo mío

Answer 6

hermanos o hermanostras

This answer, it appears to me, is incorrect. - Moe, OCT 24, 2009

I agree with Moe. It appears that you half put the general terms to describe "brothers" or "step/half-brothers" - Izanoni1, OCT 24, 2009

Answer 7

Answer 8

gemelo, la. (Del lat. gemellus). 1. adj. mellizo (? nacido de un mismo parto). U. t. c. s. 2. adj. gemelo originado del mismo óvulo. U. t. c. s.

Gemelo/mellizo seems to be a generic term that may be applied to both monozygotic (single egg) twins (identical twins either both male or both female) and fraternal twins (dizygotic or two eggs) which can be two boys, two girls, or one male and one female.

I've read that gemelo is used more to mean identical twins while mellizo would be fraternal twins.

mellizo, za. (Del lat. vulg. *gemellic?us, de gemellus, gemelo). 1. adj. Nacido de un mismo parto, y más especialmente de un parto doble. U. t. c. s. 2. List item 3. adj. mellizo originado de distinto óvulo. U. t. c. s. 4. adj. Igual a otra cosa.

Answer 9

I was first taught gemelo. When I was reading a book by Isabelle Allende, who was born en Perú-I think her father was a diplomat from Chile-anyway, she used the word mellizo. Perhaps the second is more regional?

Answer 10

Besides gemela, I have seen "melliza," "morocha," "jimagua," and "cuate" all used for twin sister.

I think that "jimagua" is taino, but you might want to ask Chris (Chamacomalo) about that one.

I think that "morocho" or "mellizo" might be the way that they say this in Mexico, but I could be wrong.