Ladino

See also: ladino

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ləˈdiːnəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ləˈdinoʊ/

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Etymology 1

From Ladino לאדינו (ladino) (or from Spanish ladino), from Latin Latīnus (“Latin”).

Proper noun

Ladino

2. A Romance language mainly spoken by Sephardic Jews (Wikipedia), derived mainly from Old Castilian (Spanish) and Hebrew.

Synonyms

• Judezmo (Djudezmo, Dzudezmo, Dzhudezmo)
• Judaeo-Spanish (Judeo-Spanish, Judæo-Spanish)
• Djudeo-Espanyol, Djudeo-espanyol

Translations

Romance language

• Armenian: լադինո (ladino)
• Azerbaijani: sefard dili
• Bashkir: сефард теле (sefard tele), ладино теле (ladino tele), йәһүд-испан теле (yəhüd-ispan tele), спаньоль (spanʹolʹ), джудезмо (djudezmo), хебронео (xebroneo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拉迪諾語／拉迪诺语 (zh) (Lādínuòyǔ)

• Esperanto: judhispana lingvo
• Finnish: ladino (fi)
• French: ladino (fr) m
• Hebrew: לדינו (he) (ladino)
• Hungarian: ladino (hu)
• Irish: Laidínis f, Laideanóis f, Laidinis f
• Italian: ladino (it) m
• Japanese: ラディーノ語 (Radīno-go)
• Ladino: לאדינו m (ladino), Ladino
• Portuguese: ladino (pt) m
• Russian: сефа́рдский (ru) m (sefárdskij), лади́но (ru) m (ladíno)
• Scots: Judaeo-Spaingie
• Spanish: ladino (es) m, judeoespañol (es) m, sefardí (es) m, ladina (es) f
• Turkish: Yahudi İspanyolcası (tr), Ladino (tr)
• Yiddish: לאַדינאָ n (ladino)

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Ladino terms

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Ladino, lad ⁠

Etymology 2

From Spanish ladino (“Latinized”).

Noun

Ladino (plural Ladinos)

1. 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.
   • 2011, Barbara Rogoff, Developing Destinies: A Mayan Midwife and Town, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 89:

     [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.

Alternative forms

• ladino

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish Ladino. This surname is mostly found in Colombia.

Proper noun

Ladino (plural Ladinos)

1. A surname from Spanish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ladino is the 36048^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 622 individuals. Ladino is most common among Hispanic/Latino (84.24%) and White (15.27%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ladino”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 377.

Anagrams

• loadin', onlaid