ladino

adj.

1 cunning, sly, crafty, pawky.

2 high-pitched, shrill, piercing, strident.

m.

1 Ladino.

2 Ladin, Ladin language.

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ladino

► adjetivo

1 sly

► nombre masculino ladino

1 (lengua) Ladino

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ladino

► nombre masculino

1 (lengua) Ladino

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ladino, -a

1. ADJ

1) (=astuto) smart, shrewd; (=taimado) cunning, wily

2) LAm [indio] Spanish-speaking

3) CAm, Méx (=mestizo) half-breed, mestizo; (=blanco) non-Indian, white, of Spanish descent

4) LAm (=adulador) smooth-tongued, smarmy *

5) Méx * [voz] high-pitched, fluty

2. SM / F

1) LAm (=indio) Spanish-speaking Indian

2) CAm, Méx (=mestizo) half-breed, mestizo; (=blanco) non-Indian, white

3.

SM (Ling) Ladin ( Rhaeto-Romance dialect ); [de sefardíes] Ladino, Sephardic, Judeo-Spanish

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I

-na adjetivo

1) (taimado) sly, cunning

2) (AmC, Méx)

a) (mestizo) mestizo, of mixed race

b) (hispanohablante) Spanish-speaking (often used to refer to Indians who adopt Spanish ways)

3) (Méx fam) (agudo) high-pitched, piercing

II

-na masculino, femenino (AmC, Méx)

a) (mestizo) mestizo, person of mixed race

b) (hispanohablante) Spanish-speaking Indian

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I

-na adjetivo

1) (taimado) sly, cunning

2) (AmC, Méx)

a) (mestizo) mestizo, of mixed race

b) (hispanohablante) Spanish-speaking (often used to refer to Indians who adopt Spanish ways)

3) (Méx fam) (agudo) high-pitched, piercing

II

-na masculino, femenino (AmC, Méx)

a) (mestizo) mestizo, person of mixed race

b) (hispanohablante) Spanish-speaking Indian

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ladino¹ -na

adjective

A ‹lengua/pueblo›

1 (sefardí) Ladino

2 (rético) Ladin

B (taimado) sly, cunning

C (AmC, Méx)

1 (mestizo) mestizo, of mixed race

2 (hispanohablante) Spanish-speaking (often used to refer to Indians who adopt Spanish ways)

D (Méx fam) (agudo) high-pitched, piercing

ladino² -na

masculine, feminine

A (socarrón) sly o cunning devil

B (AmC, Méx)

1 (mestizo) mestizo, person of mixed race

2 (hispanohablante) Spanish-speaking Indian

C

ladino masculine

1 (sefardí) Ladino

2 (rético) Ladin

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ladino

◊ -na adjetivo

1 (taimado) sly, cunning
2 (AmC, Méx)

a) (mestizo) mestizo, of mixed race

b) (hispanohablante) Spanish-speaking (often used to refer to Indians who adopt Spanish ways)

3 (Méx fam) (agudo) high-pitched, piercing
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (AmC, Méx)

a) (mestizo) mestizo, person of mixed race

b) (hispanohablante) Spanish-speaking Indian

ladino,-a adj (astuto) cunning, crafty
'ladino' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ladina
- socarrón
- socarrona
- astucia
- astuto
- pícaro
English:
artful
- devious

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ladino, -a

♦ adj

1. [astuto] crafty

2. [judeoespañol] Ladino

3. CAm, Méx, Ven [no blanco] non-white

♦ nm

1. [sefardí] Ladino

2. [lengua románica] Ladino

♦ nm,f

CAm, Méx, Ven [no blanco] = non-white Spanish-speaking person

LADINO

This term originally referred to Indians who spoke Spanish and adopted Spanish ways. It now also means any person who is not an American Indian. In Guatemala, where the ratio of indigenous people is the highest in Latin America, it can also mean “person of mixed race”.

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ladino

I adj cunning, sly

II m C.Am.

Indian who has become absorbed into white culture

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ladino, -na adj

1) : cunning, shrewd

2) CA, Mex : mestizo

ladino, -na n

1) : trickster

2) CA, Mex : Spanish-speaking Indian

3) CA, Mex : mestizo