Negro

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Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Proper Noun 1.1.1 Derived terms 1.1.2 Translation 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Usage Note 1.4 See also 2 Portuguese 2.1 Noun 3 Spanish 3.1 Noun 3.2 Adjective

English

Proper Noun

Negro plural negros, negroes (Often capitalized)

1. Archaic. A person of sub-Saharan African descent; black.

Derived terms

• negress
• negroid

Translation

• Dutch: neger m, negerin f
• Finnish: neekeri
• German: Neger m, Negerin f
• Hungarian: néger
• Portuguese: negro m, negra f
• Slovak: černoch m, černoška f
• Spanish: negro m, negra f

Adjective

negro

1. Archaic. Relating to the black ethnicity
2. Archaic. Black or dark brown in colour.

Translations

• Dutch: zwart, zwarte
• Slovak: černošský -á -é (1), čierny -a -e (1, 2)

Usage Note

1. The word is considered acceptable only in a historical context. Black and if applicable (though to a lesser extent) African-American are the prefered alternatives.

See also

• mulatto
• octaroon
• quadroon

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Portuguese

Noun

negro

1. Negro

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Spanish

Noun

negro (f: negra, mpl: negros, fpl: negras; m diminutive: negrito, f diminutive: negrita)

1. The black colour
2. The black ethnicity

Adjective

1. black