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ladino¹

  • /ləˈdiːnəʊ/ UK
  • /ləˈdinoʊ/ US

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Spanish ladino (“Latinized; crafty”).

noun ladinos

  1. countable, uncountable Alternative letter-case form of Ladino (“mestizo”). In the production of the ladino the white element has almost always been represented by the father […]
  2. Southeastern, US, countable A cunningly vicious, wild or unmanageable horse.

ladino²

  • /ləˈdiːnəʊ/ UK
  • /ləˈdinoʊ/ US

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Italian ladino (“Ladin”), because the clover grows in Ladin-speaking areas.

noun ladinos

  1. countable, uncountable Trifolium repens (white clover).

Ladino³

  • /ləˈdiːnəʊ/ UK
  • /ləˈdinoʊ/ US

Where it comes from

From Ladino לאדינו (ladino) (or from Spanish ladino), from Latin Latīnus (“Latin”). Doublet of Ladin and Latin.

proper noun

  1. A Romance language mainly spoken by Sephardic Jews (Wikipedia), derived mainly from Old Castilian (Spanish) and Hebrew.

    Similar: Judezmo, Judaeo-Spanish, Djudeo-Espanyol, Djudeo-espanyol

Ladino⁴

  • /ləˈdiːnəʊ/ UK
  • /ləˈdinoʊ/ US

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Spanish ladino (“Latinized”).

noun Ladinos · ladino

  1. A person in Latin America whose culture or ancestry is a mixture of European Spanish and Native American, especially one who speaks Spanish; a mestizo. [A]lthough almost all Pedranos consider themselves fully Mayan, many have some European and Ladino ancestry, stemming especially from prior generations when Spanish authorities governed the town.

Ladino⁵

  • /ləˈdiːnəʊ/ UK
  • /ləˈdinoʊ/ US

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Spanish Ladino. This surname is mostly found in Colombia.

proper noun Ladinos

  1. A surname from Spanish.

Translations

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name Romance language

Españolladino, judeoespañol, sefardí, ladina
日本語ラディーノ語 Radīno-go
中文拉迪諾語 /拉迪诺语 Lādínuòyǔ
Portuguêsladino
Françaisladino
Italianoladino
Русскийсефа́рдский sefárdskij, лади́но ladíno
עבריתלדינו ladino, ג׳ודזמו judézmo

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"ladino." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ladino. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Chicago

"ladino." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ladino.

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@misc{ladino_2026,
  title = {ladino},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ladino},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}