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- [luh-dee-noh; Spanish lah-th ee-naw]
- /ləˈdi noʊ; Spanish lɑˈði nɔ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [luh-dee-noh; Spanish lah-th ee-naw]
- /ləˈdi noʊ; Spanish lɑˈði nɔ/
Definitions of ladino word
- noun plural ladino Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script. 1
- noun plural ladino (in Spanish America) a mestizo. 1
- noun plural ladino (lowercase) Southwestern U.S. a wild, unmanageable, or vicious horse or other ranch animal. 1
- noun ladino A white clover of a large variety native to Italy and cultivated for fodder in North America. 1
- noun ladino an Italian variety of white clover grown as a forage crop in North America 0
- noun ladino a language of Sephardic Jews, based on Spanish with some Hebrew elements and usually written in Hebrew characters 0
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Origin of ladino
First appearance:
before 1885 One of the 21% newest English words
1885-90; < Spanish < Latin Latīnus Latin. Cf. Ladin
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Parts of speech for Ladino
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ladino popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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