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latino

Portuguese, noun/laˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/

latino is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Latino; Latin-American (someone from Latin America)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of latinar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “descendente dos antigos romanos”.

What does latino mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Latin (of or relating to the Latin language)

  2. 2

    Romance (being one of the languages that descend from Latin)

    As línguas latinas

  3. 3

    Romance (relating to Romance-speaking countries and cultures)

  4. 4

    Latin; Latian (of or relating to Latium)

  5. 5

    Latino (of or relating to Latin America)

noun

  1. 1

    masculineLatino; Latin-American (someone from Latin America)

  2. 2

    masculineLatin; Latian (someone from Latium)

  3. 3

    masculineraresynonym of latim

  4. 4

    masculineobsoletesynonym of latinista

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of latinar

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. referente ao latim 2. referente aos povos da Europa e América que falam línguas derivadas do latim

noun: 1. descendente dos antigos romanos 2. diz-se dos povos da Europa e América que falam línguas derivadas do latim

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of latino

  • latina feminine
  • latinos masculine plural
  • latinas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce latino?

  • Brazil /laˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/
  • Portugal /lɐˈti.nu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to latino

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is latino in Portuguese?

latino appears 25 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).