latino
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latino¹
noun latinos
- Alternative letter-case form of Latino
Latino²
- /ləˈtiːnəʊ/ UK
- /ləˈtinoʊ/ US
- /læ-/ US
- /lɑ-/ US
- [la̠ˈt̪ino̞]
Rhymes with -iːnoʊ
Where it comes from
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 Spanish latinoamericano (“Latin American”, adjective). 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).
adjective
- Of Latin American descent, Hispanic. 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.
noun Latinos
- A person, especially a male, from Latin America, a Hispanic person. (Compare Latina.) Latinos have quickly become the largest ethnic minority in the United States.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: hispanic american, hispanic, spanish american, latin-american, latina, americana, america, latin, roman, alphabet, americano, brown, amer, latins, latinx, latin american
Translations
Every language
noun person from Latin America
| Español | latinoamericano |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ラテンアメリカ人 Raten'Amerika-jin |
| 中文 | 拉丁美洲人 Lādīng Měizhōu rén |
| Português | latino-americano, latino |
| Français | latino, latina |
| Deutsch | Latino |
| Русский | латиноамерика́нец latinoamerikánec, латиноамерика́нка latinoamerikánka, латино́с latinós, латино́ска latinóska |
Talk about this word "latino." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/latino. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. latino. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/latino "latino." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/latino.Cite this
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title = {latino},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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