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whitino

whitino noun: a person, usually assumed male, who is from Latin America and white; a white Hispanic person.

Noun

whitino (plural whitinos)

  1. (US, derogatory, slang, sometimes) A person, usually assumed male, who is from Latin America and white; a white Hispanic person.
    • At the top, unsurprisingly, sit European Latinxs ("whitinos"), irrespective of nationality or ethnicity; this layer includes most of Buenos Aires and most of the upper castes of all Latin American countries.2024, Alejandro Varela, The Town of Babylon, page 271
  2. (US, slang) A person of white and Hispanic heritage.
  3. (US, derogatory, slang) A white person considered to be inauthentically appropriating Hispanic behaviour and culture.

Forms of whitino

pluralwhitinos

Origin of whitino

From blend of white + Latino.

Questions about whitino

What does whitino mean?
Whitino means a person, usually assumed male, who is from Latin America and white; a white Hispanic person.
What part of speech is whitino?
Whitino is a noun.
What is the plural of whitino?
The plural of whitino is whitinos.

Words near whitino in the dictionary

  1. whiting up
  2. whiting-mop
  3. whiting-mops
  4. whiting-time
  5. whitings
  6. whitino
  7. whitinos
  8. Whitinsville
  9. whitish
  10. whitishly
  11. whitishness

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