English Explanatory Dictionary

Latin@

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone of Latin American descent; a Latino or Latina.
adj
  1. Hispanic; Latino or Latina.

Pronunciation

/ləˈtinaʊ/ /læˈtinaʊ/

Word forms

Latin@ Latin@s

Etymology

The at-sign (@) resembles both the feminine ending/element a and the masculine o. The pronunciation ending in /-aʊ/ is from how Latinao would be pronounced; the one ending in /-eɪ/ uses (approximately) the sound of Spanish -e, a vowel between a and o.

Synonyms

Latine Latinx Latina/o Latino/a
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