"Latino" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ləˈtinoʊ/ [US], /læˈtinoʊ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Latino.wav [US]
Etymology: 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”, adj). 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). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|latinoamericano|pos=adj|t=Latin American}} Spanish latinoamericano (“Latin American”, adj) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Latino (not comparable)
  1. (chiefly US) Of Latin American descent, Hispanic. Tags: US, not-comparable Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-Latino-en-adj-0pbcyXmf Disambiguation of People: 82 18 Categories (other): American English

Noun

IPA: /ləˈtinoʊ/ [US], /læˈtinoʊ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Latino.wav [US] Forms: Latinos [plural]
Etymology: 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”, adj). 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). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|latinoamericano|pos=adj|t=Latin American}} Spanish latinoamericano (“Latin American”, adj) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Latino (plural Latinos)
  1. (chiefly US) A person, especially and usually (interpreted as) a male, from Latin America, a Hispanic person. (Compare Latina.) Tags: US Derived forms: trans-Latino Related terms: Latina, Latine and Latin@ (english: which see for more), Hispanic, Hispano, Spanish Translations (person from Latin America): լատինաամերիկացի (latinaamerikacʻi) (Armenian), մեքսիկ (mekʻsik) [informal] (Armenian), 拉丁美洲人 (Lādīng Měizhōu rén) (Chinese Mandarin), latinalaisamerikkalainen (Finnish), lattari [colloquial] (Finnish), latino [masculine] (French), latina [feminine, rare] (French), Latino [masculine] (German), ラテンアメリカ人 (Raten'Amerika-jin) (Japanese), Latynos [masculine] (Polish), Latynoska [feminine] (Polish), latino-americano [masculine] (Portuguese), latino [masculine] (Portuguese), латиноамерика́нец (latinoamerikánec) [masculine] (Russian), латиноамерика́нка (latinoamerikánka) [feminine] (Russian), латино́с (latinós) [masculine, pejorative] (Russian), латино́ска (latinóska) [feminine] (Russian), latinoamericano [masculine] (Spanish), latinamerikan [common-gender] (Swedish), latino [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Latino-en-noun-e-gxssOJ Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 74

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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "latinoamerikánec",
      "sense": "person from Latin America",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "латиноамерика́нец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "latinoamerikánka",
      "sense": "person from Latin America",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "латиноамерика́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "latinós",
      "sense": "person from Latin America",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "pejorative"
      ],
      "word": "латино́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "latinóska",
      "sense": "person from Latin America",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "латино́ска"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person from Latin America",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "latinoamericano"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person from Latin America",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "latinamerikan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person from Latin America",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "latino"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Latino"
}

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