Ladino

[ luh-dee-noh; Spanish lah-thee-naw ]

noun,plural La·di·nos [luh-dee-nohz; Spanish lah-thee-naws] /ləˈdi noʊz; Spanish lɑˈði nɔs/ for 2, 3.
  1. Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.

  2. (in Spanish America) a mestizo.

  1. (lowercase)Southwestern U.S. a wild, unmanageable, or vicious horse or other ranch animal.

Origin of Ladino

1
1885–90; <Spanish <Latin LatīnusLatin. Cf. Ladin

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British Dictionary definitions for ladino (1 of 2)

ladino

/ (ləˈdiːnəʊ) /


nounplural -nos
  1. an Italian variety of white clover grown as a forage crop in North America

Origin of ladino

1
C20: perhaps from Italian ladino (see Ladin), referring to a person or thing from the Italian-speaking area of Switzerland, where the clover is grown

British Dictionary definitions for Ladino (2 of 2)

Ladino

/ (ləˈdiːnəʊ) /


noun
  1. a language of Sephardic Jews, based on Spanish with some Hebrew elements and usually written in Hebrew characters: Also called: Judaeo-Spanish, Judezmo

Origin of Ladino

2
from Spanish: Latin

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