Latino

latino latinó latino- Latino- latin@ Latin@ English Etymology American English, first attested in the 1960s for a person of Spanish-speaking or Latin American ancestry (notably Mexican, Puerto Rican and Cuban), originally an (informal) shortened form of en es latinoamericano adj Latin American. Its appearance probably coincided with the colloquial use of Anglo (for a person of British or White US descent) and Afro (for a person of Black or African US descent). Pronunciation en /ləˈtiːnəʊ/ RP en /ləˈtinoʊ/ /læ-/ /lɑ-/ GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Latino.wav US en [la̠ˈt̪ino̞] New York Latino English Latino, English language in Puerto Rico Puerto Rico en iːnoʊ 3 en La ti no Adjective - en chiefly US Of Latin American descent, Hispanic. en 2013 Tilting at Windmills Richard Lee Colvin She called Ottinger a "tool" of the business community and Lopez a "box checker,” apparently meaning that he was only nominally Latino and that he had acted in a way that was detrimental to the interests of Latinos. Derived terms en Afrolatino trans-Latino Noun en chiefly US A person, especially a male, from Latin America, a Hispanic person. Compare Latina. en Latinos have quickly become the largest ethnic minority in the United States. en 2010 Mark R. Warren Fire in the Heart: How White Activists Embrace Racial Justice http://books.google.com/books?id=WAWb0zKLiSwC&pg=PA11&dq=%22antibrown%22 11 Oxford University Press 9780199751242 Certainly, the activists in this study believe that Latinos face antibrown racism and consider racial justice for Latinos to be an increasingly important part of America's racial justice agenda. en 2013 Tilting at Windmills Richard Lee Colvin She called Ottinger a "tool" of the business community and Lopez a "box checker,” apparently meaning that he was only nominally Latino and that he had acted in a way that was detrimental to the interests of Latinos. en Ryan Doerfler;Samuel Moyn It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/19/us-supreme-court-legitimacy 2025-12-19 Authorized by the court to engage in racial profiling, masked federal agents continue to descend upon “Democrat-run” cities, subjecting Latinos and now Somalis to ongoing abuse. https://web.archive.org/web/20251219170936/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/19/us-supreme-court-legitimacy Derived terms en Arabtino Blatino Latinoness Latrino luppie Afro-Latino trans-Latino Asian-Latino Related terms en Latina, en Latine and en Latin@ which see for more Translations person from Latin America Armenian: hy լատինաամերիկացի, hy մեքսիկ informal Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 拉丁美洲人 Lādīng Měizhōu rén Finnish: fi latinalaisamerikkalainen, colloquial fi lattari French: fr latino m, (rarely) fr latina f Georgian: ka ლათინოამერიკელი German: de Latino m Japanese: ja ラテンアメリカ人 Raten'Amerika-jin Polish: pl Latynos m, pl Latynoska f Portuguese: pt latino-americano m, pt latino m Russian: ru латиноамерика́нец m, ru латиноамерика́нка f, pejorative ru латино́с m, ru латино́ска f Spanish: es latinoamericano m Swedish: sv latinamerikan c, sv latino c See also en Hispanic en Hispano en Spanish Anagrams en ailnot Natoli NoLIta lation talion en People Esperanto Etymology eo :bor la:Latīnus + 1 Pronunciation Proper noun Latin (the Latin language) eo male la:Latinus. Derived terms eo Latinameriko Latin America Further reading eo Languages French Noun m fr latino Further reading German Etymology de en Latino, ultimately from de es latino. de Latein. Pronunciation de /laˈtiːno/ de De-Latino.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun m,(s),s Latina en Latino person from Latin America or with a Latin American background de roughly Lateinamerikaner Declension m,(s),s Related terms de Latein Lateinamerika lateinamerikanisch Lateiner,Latiner de Demonyms Latin Adjective la adjective form Latīnō la Latīnus dat//abl m//n s Tagalog Etymology tl :bor es:latino<ety:uder<la:Latīnus>> 2 1 ladino Pronunciation Noun Latina + Latin person whose native tongue is one descended from Latin Latin American tl Latino-Amerikano tl historical Latin person native to ancient Rome or its Empire tl Romano tl historical Latin member of an Italic tribe Related terms tl Latina Latino-Amerika Latino-Amerikana Latin Amerika Latina ladino See also tl Katoliko Romano mestiso Adjective Latina + Latin of the language Latin of the script Latin of ancient Rome Latin of descendants from ancient Romans; Romance Latin American Latin of or relating to Latium (modern Lazio), the region around Rome Further reading 360 latino tl Ancient Rome Demonyms Latin People