Latino

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).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ləˈtiːnəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ləˈtinoʊ/, /læ-/, /lɑː/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -iːnoʊ
• Hyphenation: La‧ti‧no

Latino (not comparable)

1. (chiefly US) Of Latin American descent, Hispanic.
   • 2013, Richard Lee Colvin, Tilting at Windmills:

     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.

Latino (plural Latinos)

1. (chiefly US) A person, especially and usually (interpreted as) a male, from Latin America, a Hispanic person. (Compare Latina.)

   Latinos have quickly become the largest ethnic minority in the United States.

   • 2010, Mark R. Warren, Fire in the Heart: How White Activists Embrace Racial Justice, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 11:

     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.

   • 2013, Richard Lee Colvin, Tilting at Windmills:

     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.

• Latina, Latine and Latin@ (which see for more)

• Hispanic
• Hispano
• Spanish

• Natoli, NoLIta, lation, talion

• IPA^(key): /laˈtino/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: La‧ti‧no

Latino (accusative Latinon)

1. Latin (the Latin language)

• Latinameriko (“Latin America”)

Latino m (plural Latinos)

1. alternative spelling of latino

• “Latino” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.

Borrowed from English Latino, ultimately from Spanish latino. Doublet of Latein.

• IPA^(key): /laˈtiːno/

• Audio:

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Latino m (strong, genitive Latinos or Latino, plural Latinos, feminine Latina)

1. Latino (person from Latin America or with a Latin American background)

   Synonym: (roughly) Lateinamerikaner

Latīnō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of Latīnus

Borrowed from Spanish latino, from Latin Latīnus. Doublet of ladino.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /laˈtino/ [lɐˈt̪iː.n̪o]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: La‧ti‧no

Latino (feminine Latina, Baybayin spelling ᜎᜆᜒᜈᜓ)

1. Latin (person whose native tongue is one descended from Latin)
2. Latin American

   Synonym: Latino-Amerikano

3. (historical) Latin (person native to ancient Rome or its Empire)

   Synonym: Romano

4. (historical) Latin (member of an Italic tribe)

Latino (feminine Latina, Baybayin spelling ᜎᜆᜒᜈᜓ)

1. Latin (of the language)
2. Latin (of the script)
3. Latin (of ancient Rome)
4. Latin (of descendants from ancient Romans); Romance
5. Latin American
6. Latin (of or relating to Latium (modern Lazio), the region around Rome)

• “Latino”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 360