Crossword clues for ladino
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ladino \La*di"no\, n.; pl. Ladinos. [Sp.]
One of the half-breed descendants of whites and Indians; a
mestizo; -- so called throughout Central America. They are
usually of a yellowish orange tinge.
--Am. Cyc.
Ladino \La*di"no\, n.; pl. -nos
The mixed Spanish and Hebrew language spoken by Sephardim.
A cunningly vicious horse. [Southeastern U. S.]
A ladin.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1889, Spanish mixed with Hebrew, Arabic, and other elements, written in Hebrew characters, spoken by Sephardim in Turkey, Greece, etc. From Spanish Ladino "sagacious, cunning crafty," originally "knowing Latin, Latin," from Latin Latinus. The Spanish word also has appeared in 19c. American English in its senses "vicious horse" and, in Central America, "mestizo, white person."
Wiktionary
n. 1 (taxlink Trifolium repens species noshow=1), a larger variety of white clover. 2 (context dated Central America English) A mixed-race descendant of whites and Native Americans; a mestizo. 3 (context US Southeastern US English) A cunningly vicious horse.
WordNet
n. a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry) [syn: mestizo]
the Spanish dialect spoken by Sephardic Jews but written in the Hebrew script [syn: Judeo-Spanish]
Wikipedia
Ladino may refer to:
- Ladino people, a socio-ethnic category of Mestizo or hispanicized people in Central America especially in Guatemala
- Black ladinos, a historical ethnic community in Medieval Spain
- Ladin language, a Romance language spoken in Northern Italy
- Ladino (surname)
- Ladino (rural locality), a rural locality (a village) in Novorzhevsky District of Pskov Oblast, Russia
- Ladino, a hardy type of large white clover, often grown as a forage crop
- Ladino, also known as Judaeo-Spanish, a language primarily spoken among Sephardic Jews, and the written form of Judaeo-Spanish used in Sephardic religious texts, secular literature, and songs
- Ladino, a variety of Mexican Spanish spoken in New Mexico
- Ladino poem, a 19th century Philippine poetry style
Ladino is a surname.
Those bearing it include:
- Gregorio Ladino (born 1973), Colombian road cyclist
- Santiago Ladino (born 1980), Argentine footballer
- Lauren Ladino (born 1996) Struggler
- Youssef Abi Ramia (born 1996) Struggler's husband
Usage examples of "ladino".
These were Jews whose forefathers fled the Spanish inquisition at the end of the fifteenth century and huddled together in Asia Minor, speaking Ladino, the language of the Spanish Middle Ages.
Matsuda and a quiet blond girl named Lena Ladino rotated watches with him in the engine room.
Dankzij haar meertalige opvoeding beheerste ze Ladino, klassiek Hebreeuws, literair Frans en Engelse correspondentie, nog afgezien van het Turks van haar buren en klasgenoten.
Porto Rico beviel haar goed en ze was aangenaam verrast toen bleek dat Spaans en Ladino sterk op elkaar leken.
Letters in uncommon languages went to a language identification section, which obtained translators for such esoteric tongues as Ladino, a mixture of Hebrew and 15th-century Spanish spoken only by the 30,000 Sephardic Jews in colonies in Spain, the Balkans, and Latin America.
Officer Guadalupe Mazatl lowered her head in Aztec shame at his arrogant ladino smile.
The narrow passages were claustrophobic with crowding Indians and Ladinos, with overhanging awnings and piled goods.
And when the nearly-as-stupid ladinos had come from the Honduran mainland, they’d been able to steal and swindle half the land on the island.