Is Honduran Latino or Hispanic?


Is Honduran Latino or Hispanic? Latino or Latina applies to anyone from Latin America, or with family ties to a Latin American country. That includes Honduras, so those descriptors can also apply here. Sometimes the terms can be interchangeable, but not always. Someone with roots from Spain may be Hispanic because they speak Spanish.


What food is Honduras famous for?

Regional specialties include sopa de caracol, fried fish, tamales, carne asada and baleadas. Other popular dishes include meat roasted with chismol and carne asada, chicken with rice and corn, and fried fish with pickled onions and jalapeños.


What do you call a Honduran girl?

Catracho or catracha is synonymous with the term “Honduran.” The proper term for a Honduran person is Hondureños but locals prefer and use this term. Remember, Spanish has both masculine and feminine forms so catracho refers to a male while catracha references a female.


What is my race if I am Honduran?

About 90% of Honduran people identify as mestizo, which is a person of mixed European (de facto Spanish) and indigenous ancestry. Honduras, like many Latin American nations, embraces this as sort of the national standard, defining the identity of a nation with mixed European and indigenous heritage.