Latina

See also: Appendix:Variations of "latina"

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ləˈtiːnə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ləˈtinə/, /læ-/, /lɑː/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːnə
  • Hyphenation: La‧ti‧na

Etymology 1

From Spanish latina; see Latino for more.

Noun

Latina (plural Latinas)

  1. A Latin American woman. (Compare Latino.)
Derived terms

Adjective

Latina (not comparable)

  1. Of Latin American descent and female.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Italian Latina.

Proper noun

Latina

  1. A province of Lazio, Italy.
  2. A town, the provincial capital of Latina, Lazio, Italy.
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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈti.na/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Hyphenation: La‧tì‧na

Proper noun

Latina f

  1. a town and province of Lazio, Italy

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Latin

Pronunciation 1

Noun

Latīna f (genitive Latīnae); first declension

  1. A woman (descended) from Latium, a Latin woman
Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative Latīna Latīnae
genitive Latīnae Latīnārum
dative Latīnae Latīnīs
accusative Latīnam Latīnās
ablative Latīnā Latīnīs
vocative Latīna Latīnae

Adjective

Latīna

  1. inflection of Latīnus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative neuter plural

Pronunciation 2

Adjective

Latīnā

  1. ablative feminine singular of Latīnus

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish latina, from Latin Latīna.

The slang sense originated from a TikTok video made by content creator Sesable, where she said that her makeup that made her look so Latina, likely referring to Hispanic or Latin American traits.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /laˈtina/ [lɐˈt̪iː.n̪ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: La‧ti‧na

Noun

Latina (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜆᜒᜈ)

  1. female equivalent of Latino

Adjective

Latina (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜆᜒᜈ)

  1. feminine of Latino
  2. (slang) gorgeous (This is a hot sense, kept provisionally)

See also