ladino
Spanish, noun/laˈdino/
ladino is spelled L-A-D-I-N-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 60,585th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ladino is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a mestizo person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lengua romance hablada en las montañas Dolomitas en Italia”.
What does ladino mean in English?
adjective
- 1
astute, crafty, acute
- 2
Mexicomestizo
noun
- 1
masculinea mestizo person
- 2
masculinea black slave able to speak Spanish
noun
- 1
masculinethe Ladin language of Italy
- 2
masculineLadino, Judeo-Spanish
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. De ingenio astuto e intención aviesa, hábil para la expresión y el engaño. 2. Que se expresa con facilidad en más de una lengua. 3. De etnia aborigen o mestizo de esta, en especial si habla el español como primera lengua.
noun: 1. Lengua romance hablada en las montañas Dolomitas en Italia. 2. Lengua romance hablada antiguamente por los judíos en España, y actualmente por algunos sefardíes.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ladino
- ladina feminine
- ladinos masculine plural
- ladinas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ladino?
- /laˈdino/
- [laˈð̞i.no]
- [laˈð̞ino]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ladino in Spanish?
ladino appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).