Negro

Negro
I. noun (plural Negroes) Etymology: Spanish or Portuguese, from negro black, from Latin nigr-, niger Date: 1555 sometimes offensive a member of a race of humankind native to Africa and classified according to physical features (as dark skin pigmentation) • Negro adjective, sometimes offensivenegroid adjective or noun, often capitalized, sometimes offensiveNegroness noun, sometimes offensive II. geographical name 1. river 400 miles (640 kilometers) S central Argentina flowing E into the Atlantic 2. river 1400 miles (2253 kilometers) E Colombia & N Brazil flowing into the Amazon 3. river 434 miles (698 kilometers) central Uruguay flowing SW into Uruguay River

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  • negro — negro, gra (Del lat. niger, nigri). 1. adj. Se dice del aspecto de un cuerpo cuya superficie no refleja ninguna radiación visible. 2. Se dice de la ausencia de todo color. U. m. c. s. m.) 3. Dicho de una persona: Cuya piel es de color negro. U. t …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • negro — negro, gra adjetivo 1. Que es más oscuro que otra cosa de su misma clase. café* negro. cerveza* negra. oro* negro. pan* integral / negro. pimienta* negra. tabaco* negro. uva* negra. 2. [Raza humana] que tiene la piel de color muy oscuro y algunos …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • Negro — steht für: Menschen schwarzer Hautfarbe, v.a. im spanischen US amerikanischen (veraltet) Sprachgebrauch Negro Spiritual, amerikanisches geistliches Lied Negro Leagues, afroamerikanische Baseballligen Mercado Negro, portugiesische Reggaeformation… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • négro — [ negro ] n. m. • 1888; de nègre ♦ Péj. (injure raciste) Personne de race noire. Les négros et les bicots. (REM. Ne se dit pas pour une femme.) ● négro nom masculin (espagnol negro) Populaire. Terme injurieux et raciste pour désigner un homme de… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Negro — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Negro est un mot espagnol et anglais qui veut dire couleur noire ou personne de couleur noire. Culture américaine Le negro spiritual est un type de… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Negro — Ne gro, a. Of or pertaining to negroes; black. [1913 Webster] {Negro bug} (Zo[ o]l.), a minute black bug common on the raspberry and blackberry. It produces a very disagreeable flavor. {negro corn}, the Indian millet or durra; so called in the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • negro — / negro/ (lett., ant. nigro) [lat. nĭger gra grum ]. ■ agg. 1. (ant., lett.) [di colore scuro: vedova, sconsolata, in vesta n. (F. Petrarca)] ▶◀ e [➨ nero agg. (2)]. 2. (antrop.) [che appartiene e si riferisce alle popolazioni nere, viventi per… …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • Negro — (n.) member of a black skinned race of Africa, 1550s, from Sp. or Port. negro black, from L. nigrum (nom. niger) black, dark, sable, dusky, figuratively gloomy, unlucky, bad, wicked, of unknown origin (perhaps from PIE *nekw t night, Cf. Watkins) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Negro — UK [ˈniːɡrəʊ] / US [ˈnɪɡroʊ] or Negro UK / US noun [countable] Word forms negro : singular negro plural negroes offensive a black person. This word is now considered offensive but until the second half of the 20th century it was an accepted word …   English dictionary

  • negro — UK [ˈniːɡrəʊ] / US [ˈnɪɡroʊ] or Negro UK / US noun [countable] Word forms negro : singular negro plural negroes offensive a black person. This word is now considered offensive but until the second half of the 20th century it was an accepted word …   English dictionary

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