Latino

La·ti·no

L0064500 (lə-tē′nō, lă-, lä-)n. pl. La·ti·nos 1. A member of one of the Spanish-speaking peoples of the Americas.2. A descendant of any of these peoples, especially when living in the United States. See Usage Note at Hispanic.

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[Short for Spanish latinoamericano, Latin-American, from latino, Latin, from Latin Latīnus; see Latin.]

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La·ti′no adj.

Latino

(læˈtiːnəʊ) n, pl -nos (Peoples) US an inhabitant of the US who is of Latin American origin Laˈtina fem n

His•pan•ic

(hɪˈspæn ɪk)

adj. 1. of or pertaining to Spain or Spanish-speaking countries. 2. Also, Hispan′ic-Amer′ican. of or pertaining to Hispanics. n. 3. Also, Hispan′ic Amer′ican. a U.S. citizen or resident of Spanish or Latin-American descent. [1575–85; < Latin hispānicus. See Hispania, -ic] His•pan′i•cal•ly, adv. usage: The terms Hispanic and Latino have the same meaning, though Latino is more informal. Both terms more commonly refer to a person from Latin America rather than one from Spain.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Latino - a native of Latin America Latin AmericanLatin America - the parts of North America and South America to the south of the United States where Romance languages are spokenspic, spick, spik - (ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descentAmerican - a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American countrytransmigrante - 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 languagesartificial language - a language that is deliberately created for a specific purposeLatino 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"Hispanic