ladino

See also: Ladino

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ləˈdiːnəʊ/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ləˈdinoʊ/

Etymology 1

From Spanish ladino (“Latinized; crafty”).

Noun

ladino (countable and uncountable, plural ladinos)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Ladino (“mestizo”)
   • 1879, George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana, The New American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, volume , page 89:

     In the production of the ladino the white element has almost always been represented by the father […]

   • 2006, Charles R. Hale, More Than an Indian, School for Advanced Research on the, →ISBN:

     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...]

   • 2011, David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on Racial Neoliberalism, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:

     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.

2. (US, Southeastern US, countable) A cunningly vicious, wild or unmanageable horse.

Etymology 2

From Italian ladino (“Ladin”), because the clover grows in Ladin-speaking areas.

Noun

ladino (countable and uncountable, plural ladinos)

1. Trifolium repens (white clover).

Anagrams

• loadin', onlaid

Finnish

Etymology

From Ladino לאדינו.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑdino/, [ˈlɑ̝dino̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑdino
• Hyphenation^(key): la‧di‧no

Noun

ladino

1. Ladino (Ibero-Romance language also known as Judaeo-Spanish)
2. Synonym of ladin (a Rhaeto-Romance language)

Declension

Inflection of ladino (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		ladino	—
genitive		ladinon	—
partitive		ladinoa	—
illative		ladinoon	—
		singular	plural
nominative		ladino	—
accusative	nom.	ladino	—
	gen.	ladinon
genitive		ladinon	—
partitive		ladinoa	—
inessive		ladinossa	—
elative		ladinosta	—
illative		ladinoon	—
adessive		ladinolla	—
ablative		ladinolta	—
allative		ladinolle	—
essive		ladinona	—
translative		ladinoksi	—
abessive		ladinotta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of ladino (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative ladinoni — accusative nom. ladinoni — gen. ladinoni genitive ladinoni — partitive ladinoani — inessive ladinossani — elative ladinostani — illative ladinooni — adessive ladinollani — ablative ladinoltani — allative ladinolleni — essive ladinonani — translative ladinokseni — abessive ladinottani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative ladinosi — accusative nom. ladinosi — gen. ladinosi genitive ladinosi — partitive ladinoasi — inessive ladinossasi — elative ladinostasi — illative ladinoosi — adessive ladinollasi — ablative ladinoltasi — allative ladinollesi — essive ladinonasi — translative ladinoksesi — abessive ladinottasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative ladinomme — accusative nom. ladinomme — gen. ladinomme genitive ladinomme — partitive ladinoamme — inessive ladinossamme — elative ladinostamme — illative ladinoomme — adessive ladinollamme — ablative ladinoltamme — allative ladinollemme — essive ladinonamme — translative ladinoksemme — abessive ladinottamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative ladinonne — accusative nom. ladinonne — gen. ladinonne genitive ladinonne — partitive ladinoanne — inessive ladinossanne — elative ladinostanne — illative ladinoonne — adessive ladinollanne — ablative ladinoltanne — allative ladinollenne — essive ladinonanne — translative ladinoksenne — abessive ladinottanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative ladinonsa — accusative nom. ladinonsa — gen. ladinonsa genitive ladinonsa — partitive ladinoaan ladinoansa — inessive ladinossaan ladinossansa — elative ladinostaan ladinostansa — illative ladinoonsa — adessive ladinollaan ladinollansa — ablative ladinoltaan ladinoltansa — allative ladinolleen ladinollensa — essive ladinonaan ladinonansa — translative ladinokseen ladinoksensa — abessive ladinottaan ladinottansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Synonyms

• (Ibero-Romance): juutalaisespanja

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.di.no/

Noun

ladino m (uncountable)

1. Ladino (language)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈdi.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: la‧dì‧no

Noun

ladino m (uncountable)

1. the Ladin language, a Rhaetian tongue of northeastern Italy

   Synonym: lingua ladina

Noun

ladino m (plural ladini, feminine ladina)

1. native or inhabitant of the Ladin-speaking area of northeastern Italy (male or of unspecified gender)
2. a speaker of Ladin

Adjective

ladino (feminine ladina, masculine plural ladini, feminine plural ladine)

1. of, from or relating to the Ladin-speaking area of northeastern Italy
2. (relational) of the Ladin language

Anagrams

• Danilo, Oldani, aldino, nodali

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈd͡ʒĩ.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈd͡ʒĩ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈd͡ʒi.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈdi.nu/ [lɐˈði.nu]

Etymology 1

Either borrowed from Spanish ladino or re-Latinized after Latin latinus. The inherited form from Vulgar Latin is Portuguese ladinho. Doublet of latino, which was a later borrowing.

The sense of "sly" developed from a sense of "learned", in reference to learned people who knew Classical Latin.

Adjective

ladino (feminine ladina, masculine plural ladinos, feminine plural ladinas)

1. wily; sly; cunning

   Synonyms: finório, matreiro

Noun

ladino m (plural ladinos, feminine ladina, feminine plural ladinas)

1. (roleplaying games) rogue

Etymology 2

Taken from the proper names of the languages.

Noun

ladino m (uncountable)

1. Ladin (Romance language spoken in northeastern Italy)
2. Ladino (Romance language spoken by Sephardi Jews)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ladino.

Noun

ladino n (uncountable)

1. Ladino (language)

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	ladino	ladinoul
genitive-dative	ladino	ladinoului
vocative	ladinoule

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈdino/ [laˈð̞i.no]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: la‧di‧no

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin latīnus; compare latín, latino, doublets which were borrowed later. Compare also Portuguese ladino (“learned, cultured”). The sense of "astute" or "crafty" developed from medieval times, when the word was used to describe scholars and learned people, who were familiar with Latin and were involved in a process of "Latinization", i.e. using and incorporating learned terms. It was also used as a general designation for Romance speakers in the Middle Ages, as opposed to others speaking different kinds of languages, especially Arabic in the context of Spain/Iberia (compare the name of Ladino, the Sephardic Jewish language of Spain, descended from a form of Old Spanish, as well as the Ladin of northern Italy). The sense of "mestizo" developed in colonial Central America when the term was originally applied to those indigenous people who came to speak only Spanish.

Adjective

ladino (feminine ladina, masculine plural ladinos, feminine plural ladinas)

1. astute, crafty, acute
2. (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama) mestizo

See also

• sagaz
• romance

Noun

ladino m (plural ladinos)

1. a mestizo person
2. (historical) a black slave able to speak Spanish

Etymology 2

Taken from the proper names of the languages.

Noun

ladino m (uncountable)

1. the Ladin language of Italy
2. Ladino, Judeo-Spanish

Further reading

• “ladino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10