English

Proper noun

Ladino

1. A Romance language, derived mainly from Old Castilian (Spanish) and Hebrew.

Synonyms

• Dzhudezmo
• Judezmo
• Judeo-Spanish
• Judaeo-Spanish
• Judæo-Spanish

Translations

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Ladino terms

Noun

Ladino ‎(plural Ladinos)

1. a person in Latin America who speaks Spanish and is "Westernized", and whose culture is a mixture of European Spanish and Native American descent, a mestizo.

English

Noun

ladino ‎(plural ladinos)

1. Trifolium repens, a larger variety of white clover.
2. (dated, Central America) A mixed-race descendant of whites and Native Americans; a mestizo.

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3. (US, Southeastern US) A cunningly vicious horse.

French

Noun

ladino m ‎(uncountable)

1. Ladino (language)

Italian

Noun

ladino m ‎(invariable)

1. the Ladin language, a Rhaetian tongue of Northeastern Italy.

Synonyms

• lingua ladina

Noun

ladino m ‎(plural ladini, feminine ladina)

1. A native or inhabitant of this region, or speaker of this language

Adjective

ladino m ‎(feminine singular ladina, masculine plural ladini, feminine plural ladine)

1. Of or pertaining to the language or people

Anagrams

• aldino
• nodali

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin latīnus. Doublet of latino and latim, which were later borrowings. Compare Spanish ladino.

Adjective

ladino m ‎(feminine singular ladina, masculine plural ladinos, feminine plural ladinas, comparable)

1. wily; sly; cunning

Synonyms

• matreiro, finório

Etymology 2

Taken from the proper names of the languages.

Noun

ladino m (uncountable)

1. Ladin (Romance language spoken in northeastern Italy)
2. Ladino (Romance language spoken by Sephardi Jews)

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin latīnus; compare latín, latino, doublets which were borrowed later. Compare also Portuguese ladino ‎(“learned, cultured”). The sense of "astute" or "crafty" developed from medieval times, when the word was used to describe scholars and learned people, who were familiar with Latin and were involved in a process of "Latinization", i.e. using and incorporating learned terms. It was also used as a general designation for Romance speakers in the Middle Ages, as opposed to others speaking different kinds of languages, especially Arabic in the context of Spain/Iberia (compare the name of Ladino, the Sephardic Jewish language of Spain, descended from a form of Old Spanish, as well as the Ladin of northern Italy). The sense of "mestizo" developed in colonial Central America when the term was originally applied to those indigenous people who came to speak only Spanish.^[1]

Adjective

ladino m ‎(feminine singular ladina, masculine plural ladinos, feminine plural ladinas)

1. astute, crafty, acute
2. (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama) mestizo

See also

• sagaz
• romance

Noun

ladino m ‎(plural ladinos)

1. a mestizo person

Etymology 2

Taken from the proper names of the languages.

Noun

ladino m ‎(plural ladinos)

1. the Ladin language of Italy
2. Ladino; the Judeo-Spanish language

Reference

1. ↑ https://www.scribd.com/document/158436236/Diccionario-Critico-Etimologico-castellano-G-MA-Corominas-Joan-pdf