we have the whole stereotype in Europe of the "latin" lover (Italians), Brits view the French in a similar way.

But it is really a conflation of "Latin America" - read - "anything south of us", which when you examine it doesn't quite fit all of the countries in South America - nor does it fit the Caribbean - which includes former colonies of the British, French, Spanish, Dutch and Danes.

speaks a latin based language. Not Europeans that speak latin based languages. People from Spain and Portugal are not Latinos. Brazilians are definitely Latin Americans and can be called latinos.