ladino

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)
  2. noun the Spanish dialect spoken by Sephardic Jews but written in the Hebrew script

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ladino (“Latinized; crafty”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

mestizo

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