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What is "Las Castas"?

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Las Castas represents something and I am not sure what it means or what it represents.

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updated Jan 31, 2010
posted by ctroxel

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The castes

updated Jan 31, 2010
posted by Yayayayaya
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A caste is a combined social system of occupation, endogamy, culture, social class, and political power. vote me

updated Jan 31, 2010
posted by hansitobonito
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casta feminine noun 1. stock, lineage (linaje)

* de casta le viene al galgo -> it runs in the family 
  1. breed (especie, calidad)
  2. caste (en la India)

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casta [cahs’-tah] noun 1. Caste, race, generation, lineage, particular breed, clan; offspring, kindred. (f) 2. Kind or quality of a thing. (f)

* Hacer casta -> to get a particular breed of horses or other animals
* De casta -> of quality
* Carecer de casta -> to lack breeding

adjective 1. Pure, chaste, honest, modest, continent, cold, clean. 2. Perfect. 3. Pure (estilo).

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updated Jan 31, 2010
posted by JCameron