La·ti·no (l -t  n , l -, lä-)n. pl. La·ti·nos 1. A Latin American. 2. A person of Hispanic, especially Latin-American, descent, often one living in the United States. See Usage Note at Hispanic. [Short for Spanish latinoamericano, Latin-American, from latino, Latin, from Latin Lat  nus; see Latin.]La·ti no adj. |
Latino [læˈtiːnəʊ]
n pl -nos
(Social Science / Peoples) US an inhabitant of the US who is of Latin American origin
Latina fem n
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  Latino - a native of Latin America Latin America - the parts of North America and South America to the south of the United States where Romance languages are spoken American - a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country transmigrante - a Latin American who buys used goods in the United States and takes them to Latin America to sell |
| 2. | Latino - an artificial language based on words common to the Romance languages artificial language - a language that is deliberately created for a specific purpose Latino sine flexione - Latino without inflectional morphology | |
| Adj. | 1. | Latino - related to a Spanish-speaking people or culture; "the Hispanic population of California is growing rapidly" |
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