latino
La·ti·no/ləˈtinoʊ/noun
latino is spelled L-A-T-I-N-O: 6 letters and 3 syllables (La·ti·no). It appears 6.2 times per million words in written English, the 9,735th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, latino means “Alternative letter-case form of Latino” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of latino is latinos.
How many letters and syllables are in latino?
| Letters | 6: L-A-T-I-N-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: La·ti·no |
| In writing | 6.2 times per million words; the 9,735th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is latino?
Latino appears 6.2 times per million words in written English, the 9,735th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce latino?
- UK /ləˈtiːnəʊ/
- US /ləˈtinoʊ/
- US /læ-/
Latino has 3 syllables, split La·ti·no in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-Latino.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with latino?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as latino from its last stressed vowel (/inoʊ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: talion, lation.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of latino
- latinos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does latino mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of Latino.
adjective
- 1
USOf Latin American descent, Hispanic.
noun
- 1
A person of a country that predominantly speaks a language that derives from the Latin language.
- 2
USA person, especially a male, from Latin America: contraction of latinoamericano. (Compare Latina.)
Latinos have quickly become the largest ethnic minority in the United States.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Latino in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person from Latin America:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | latino, latina |
| German | Latino |
| Portuguese | latino-americano, latino |
| Spanish | latinoamericano |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.