/laˈtino/
Translation
Latin American; Latin
Word origin
From Latin latinus, the adjective for Latium, the region of ancient Italy around Rome where the Latin language originated.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- latinus
- English cognates
- Latin, Latino
Grammar
Examples
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Latin American music is listened to all over the world.
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She has Latin American roots on her mother's side.
¿ ?
Are you Latin American or European?
In everyday Spanish, latino almost always means Latin American - people, music, food, culture from Latin America - not "Latin" in the ancient Roman sense (that reading survives mainly in set phrases like lengua latina, the Latin language). English narrows the word further still: "Latino" in American English usually names people of Latin American descent living in the US specifically, a sense Spanish speakers in Latin America itself do not use.
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