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Hispanic or Latino
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PLease could someone explain to me the difference between Hispanic and Latino?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.'Latino' is a word exclusively used to refer to Latin-American inhabitants of the USA.
'Hispanic' is a more general word, referring to anyone coming from a country where Spanish or Portuguese is the main language.
So someone whose family origins are in Mexico, but who currently lives in the USA, is both 'Hispanic' and a 'Latino' but if he moved to the UK he'd only be 'Hispanic'.
Chris
'Hispanic' is a more general word, referring to anyone coming from a country where Spanish or Portuguese is the main language.
So someone whose family origins are in Mexico, but who currently lives in the USA, is both 'Hispanic' and a 'Latino' but if he moved to the UK he'd only be 'Hispanic'.
Chris
Er, not exactly.
You can be 'British' or 'English' anywhere in the world but the word 'Latino' is exclusively used in the USA (to describe people from South America who are living in the USA). 'Latino' doesn't feature in British (or International) English so it's meaningless to refer to someone as 'Latino' in this country.
'Hispanic' is a word which is used wherever English is spoken, to refer to someone from a Spanish or Portuguese-speaking country, irrespective of where they're living. All Spaniards are 'Hispanic'. All Portuguese people are 'Hispanic'. Everyone from Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, etc is 'Hispanic', and so on.
Chris
You can be 'British' or 'English' anywhere in the world but the word 'Latino' is exclusively used in the USA (to describe people from South America who are living in the USA). 'Latino' doesn't feature in British (or International) English so it's meaningless to refer to someone as 'Latino' in this country.
'Hispanic' is a word which is used wherever English is spoken, to refer to someone from a Spanish or Portuguese-speaking country, irrespective of where they're living. All Spaniards are 'Hispanic'. All Portuguese people are 'Hispanic'. Everyone from Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, etc is 'Hispanic', and so on.
Chris
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