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Latino

Latino

213 3.5
Relating to the people, culture, or things of Latin America
  • adjective
  • /ləˈtiːnoʊ/
translation icon : latino
  • Dallas Police Sergeant George Aronda is the President of the National Latino law enforcement organization's greater Dallas chapter.
  • Hispanic and Latino
  • Latino American
  • a Latino person

This is part of a broader project that examines the Latino politics of millennials.

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Examples

  • Please welcome the author of where I come from life lessons from a Latino chef, Aron Sanchez.

  • The festival celebrated the rich culture of the Latino community through music and art.

  • You know, the coming of age stories, the Latino space interests me a lot as well.

  • Yeah, I like to, I like to address my Latino, you know, community in Spanish.

  • The risk is highest for Latino students in all time periods.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Looks like two Latino males in front.

  • In the Mexican Coke that came from a Latino market in East LA, they found no sugar.

  • In the survey, I asked Latino lawyers whether their ethnicity has caused them difficulties in their profession.

    Academic text (2011)
  • There were significantly fewer windows depicted in the drawings of the Latino/a person's house than for the White person's house.

    Academic text (2011)
  • We applaud the ABA Journal for spotlighting Latino lawyers and including the article by Professor Chvez.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

Hispanic
vsLatino
  • US
233 3.6

Relating to Spanish-speaking people and their culture, often from Latin America in the United States

focuses on Latin American peoples and cultures rather than US Spanish-speaking communities
Latin-American
vsLatino
15 3.5

About Latin America, its people, or their culture

focuses more on Spanish-speaking countries within that region
Latinx
vsLatino
  • Neologism
7.3

Relating to people from Latin America using language that does not show gender

does not mark gender and uses a general regional reference

Surface Forms

Latino positive

Etymology

Latino comes from the Spanish word for Latin, with the root Latinus meaning 'of Latium' near ancient Rome. Since 'Latin America' describes countries where languages from Latin are spoken, Latino is used to describe people, culture, or things that come from Latin America.