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Latino
Latino
English
Adjective
Latino (not comparable)
- Of Latin American descent.
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Noun
Latino (plural Latinos)
- A person, especially and usually a male, from Latin America. (Compare Latina.)
- Latinos have quickly become the largest ethnic minority in the United States.
Translations
person from Latin America
See also
Anagrams
latino
latino
Italian
Etymology
Noun
latino m (plural latini) Feminine latina
- Latin (person)
Proper noun
latino m
- Latin (language)
Adjective
latino m (feminine singular latina, masculine plural latini, feminine plural latine)
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Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
latīnō
- dative masculine singular of latīnus
- dative neuter singular of latīnus
- ablative masculine singular of latīnus
- ablative neuter plural of latīnus
References
- latino in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “latino”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- latino in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin latīnus. Compare ladino.
Adjective
latino m (feminine singular latina, masculine plural latinos, feminine plural latinas)
- of or related to Lazio, Italy
- of or related to the Latin language
- of or related to any of the various Romance languages
- of or related to Latin people, speakers of Romance languages
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Descendants
- English: Latino (borrowing)
Verb
latino