ladino
/ləˈdinoʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.01 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A Romance language mainly spoken by Sephardic Jews (Wikipedia), derived mainly from Old Castilian (Spanish) and Hebrew.
noun
A person in Latin America whose culture or ancestry is a mixture of European Spanish and Native American, especially one who speaks Spanish; a mestizo.
Example Sentences
- "In the production of the ladino the white element has almost always been represented by the father […]"
- "Yolanda's fluctuation between mestizo and ladino is symptomatic of this analytical dilemma. Her inclination to embrace mestizaje signals a deep process of social change underway, in which critical ladino / mestizo self-making has played [a part...]"
- "Differentiated from both mulat(t)o and ladino, mestizo/mestico references specifically the mixing of white and Indian, whether phenotypically (simply in terms of the offspring of mixed intercourse) or culturally, and even linguistically."
- "[A]lthough almost all Pedranos consider themselves fully Mayan, many have some European and Ladino ancestry, stemming especially from prior generations when Spanish authorities governed the town."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Ladino
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ləˈdinoʊ/
- British English: /ləˈdiːnəʊ/
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- American usage
Inflected Forms
Phrases
Wiktionary’s coverage of Ladino terms
Frequently Paired Words
Wiktionary’s coverage of Ladino terms