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adj
Of Latin American descent, Hispanic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, not-comparable
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Latino.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
A person, especially and usually (interpreted as) a male, from Latin America, a Hispanic person. (Compare Latina.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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adjective
related to a Spanish-speaking people or culture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: Hispanic
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an artificial language based on words common to the Romance languages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: artificial language
Narrower terms: Latino sine flexione
noun
a native of Latin America
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Latin American
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: American
Narrower terms: spic, spik, spick, transmigrante
History
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).
Across languages
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
