latino
noun (a Latino, Latinos); adjective (Latino)
Everyday
- (US) A Latino is a person in the USA whose family comes from Latin America, such as Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba or Colombia. tree →
- Latino describes their cultures, music and food. tree →
In the lessons
Social studies and everyday US life: Latino families, Latino music, Hispanic Heritage Month. Many people also use «Latina» for women, «Latinx» or «Latine» for everyone, and «Hispanic» for Spanish-speaking heritage.
Examples
- Many Latino families live in California and Texas. tree →
- She is proud of her Latino heritage. tree →
- Latino music like salsa is great for dancing. tree →
- The book is about a Latino boy in Chicago. tree →
- Latina is often used for a girl or woman. tree →
- Our class celebrated Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month. tree →
Note
Capital letter: Latino. Plural: Latinos. «Latino» (from Latin America, any language) is not exactly the same as «Hispanic» (Spanish-speaking origin): Brazilians are Latino but not Hispanic.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «latino» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «latino» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/latino/