Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Latino"

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A: The difference is in how the terms were created, but there isn’t much difference in usage.

Latino is an cultural umbrella term for all countries below the US. This means from Mexico down, peoples from those countries would be considered culturally Latino. There is some debate as to whether Brazilians are Latino, but most would say that they are Latino because they are part of Latin America.

Hispanic on the other hand means “Spanish-speaking”. Therefore, Brazil is absolutely not Hispanic, though many Americans wouldn’t know the difference. Furthermore, people from Spain could be considered Hispanic, however the term Hispanic was created in the US to describe people from Latin America, so no Spaniard would ever consider themselves Hispanic and the term is not used to refer to Spaniards.

In effect, both terms are used interchangeably. Just don’t call a person from Brazil (or Spain) Hispanic

A: Latino is the italian word for Latin and Latin is the english word.

A: Being the only Latino candidate in the field, he championed for progressive policies (but/and) struggled in the polls.

A: The only Latino candidate in the field, he championed progressive policy, but struggled in polls.

Say "but" instead of "and", because the first part is positive (championed progressive policy), but the second part (struggled) is negative.

A: Yes of course.

A: Almost. All Latino music I have heard has been in clubs many times.