adj
Meaning 1
Hispanic; Latino or Latina.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Latin@
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ləˈtinaʊ/
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/læˈtinaʊ/
noun
Meaning 2
Someone of Latin American descent; a Latino or Latina.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Latin@.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
The at-sign (@) resembles both the feminine ending/element a and the masculine o. The pronunciation ending in /-aʊ/ is from how Latinao would be pronounced; the one ending in /-eɪ/ uses (approximately) the sound of Spanish -e, a vowel between a and o.