whitino

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noun

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

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounwhitino (plural whitinos)

plural whitinos

  1. USderogatoryslangsometimesA 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. USslangA person of white and Hispanic heritage.
  3. USderogatoryslangA white person considered to be inauthentically appropriating Hispanic behaviour and culture.

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

whitino. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whitino

MLA

“whitino.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whitino. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whitino,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whitino.

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