Latino
Of Latin American descent, HispanicOf Latin American descent, Hispanic.
» Latinos can't promote themselves gracefully, kowtowing to others!
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1 senses(US, not comparable)Of Latin American descent, Hispanic.
- related to a Spanish-speaking people or culture
Examples
16 sentencesLatinos can't promote themselves gracefully, kowtowing to others!
Some Latinos want to learn sinograms.
This is a predominantly Latino mosque.
Lajos happened to be a Latino.
Carlos was a middle-aged Latino man.
Origin
American English, first attested in the 1960s for a person of Spanish-speaking or Latin AmAmerican 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).
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