Latino
Americanadjective
noun
plural
Latinosnoun
Other Word Forms
- Latina noun
Etymology
Origin of Latino
An Americanism dating back to 1945–50; from Spanish (United States), perhaps by ellipsis from Spanish latinoamericano “Latin American,” equivalent to latino “Latin” (referring to the places or people with Latinate or Romance language in common) + americano “American”
Example Sentences
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In a survey of 407 truck drivers by the Port of Los Angeles in 2021, two out of three said they were immigrants, and three-quarters of the respondents identified as Hispanic or Latino.
About half of the the 20-some folks who trudged into the club’s Woodland Hills offices were Latino.
From Los Angeles Times
The Puerto Rican musician, who sang in Spanish and whose career spanned nearly 60 years, had been named among the most influential Latino artists of all time by Billboard magazine.
From BBC
Colón would later serve as a member of the Latino Commission on AIDS.
From Los Angeles Times
Hispanics and Latinos have moved away from him.
From Salon
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