negra

See also: ñegra

Asturian

Adjective

negra

1. feminine singular of negru

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈnɛ.ɣɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈnə.ɣɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈne.ɣɾa]

Adjective

negra

1. feminine singular of negre

Noun

negra f (plural negres, masculine negre, masculine plural negres)

1. female equivalent of negre: black/Black woman; female ghostwriter

Noun

negra f (plural negres)

1. (music) crotchet, quarter note

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish negra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneɡɾa/ [ˈn̪iɡ.ɾ̪ɐ]

Noun

negra

1. (offensive, vulgar) female equivalent of negro

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneɣɾɐ/
• Rhymes: -eɣɾɐ, -eɣɾa
• Hyphenation: ne‧gra

Adjective

negra

1. feminine singular of negro

Noun

negra f (plural negras)

1. female equivalent of negro

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian негр (negr).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈneɡrɑ/, [ˈne̞ɡr]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈneɡrɑ/, [ˈne̞ɡ̊rɑ]
• Rhymes: -eɡr, -eɡrɑ
• Hyphenation: neg‧ra

Noun

negra

1. black person
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa) [Geography: textbook for Ingrian elementary school third grade (first part)], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 96:

     See oli moni voos takas Afrikaas, yhes negroin kyläs.

     It was many a year ago in Africa, in one village of black people.

   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 122:

     Seitsentoist tuhatta negraa kooli vaa yhtä rautateetä tekijees Belgian Afrikan kolonias.

     Seventeen thousand black people died in the creation of just one railway in the African colony of Belgium.

Usage notes

• Unlike in English, but just like in Russian, negra is not considered derogatory.

Declension

Declension of negra (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	negra	negrat
genitive	negran	negroin
partitive	negraa	negroja
illative	negraa	negroi
inessive	negraas	negrois
elative	negrast	negroist
allative	negralle	negroille
adessive	negraal	negroil
ablative	negralt	negroilt
translative	negraks	negroiks
essive	negranna, negraan	negroinna, negroin
exessive1)	negrant	negroint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

• arappi (obsolete)

Interlingua

Noun

negra (plural negras)

1. black woman

Related terms

• negre
• negro

Lombard

Pronunciation

• (Old Lombard) IPA^(key): [ˈne.ɡɾa]

Adjective

negra f

1. (Old Lombard) black
   • 1274, Bonvesin de la Riva, Libro de Tre Scrigiure:

     La prima sì è negra e è de grand pagura

     The first is black and instills great fear

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

negra

1. feminine singular of negro

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈne.ɡɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈne.ɡɾɐ/
  • (Porto Alegre) IPA^(key): /ˈne.ɡɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈne.ɡɾɐ/ [ˈne.ɣɾɐ]

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: ne‧gra

Adjective

negra

1. feminine singular of negro

Noun

negra f (plural negras)

1. female equivalent of negro
2. contusion

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneɡɾa/ [ˈne.ɣ̞ɾa]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eɡɾa
• Syllabification: ne‧gra

Noun

negra f (plural negras)

1. female equivalent of negro
2. (music) crotchet, quarter note
3. (chess) black piece
4. bad luck

Derived terms

• beso de negra

Adjective

negra

1. feminine singular of negro

Further reading

• “negro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish negra.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈneɡɾa/ [ˈn̪ɛː.ɡɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -eɡɾa
• Syllabification: ne‧gra

Adjective

negra (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜄ᜔ᜇ) (colloquial, usually derogatory, potentially offensive)

1. feminine of negro

Noun

negra (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜄ᜔ᜇ) (colloquial, usually derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur)

1. female equivalent of negro

Related terms

• Negra
• Negrense
• Negrito
• Negro
• Negros
• Negros del Norte
• Negros Occidental
• Negros Oriental

Derived terms

• kanegrahan
• magpanegra
• makanegra
• makinegra
• nanegra
• napakanegra
• pagkakanegra
• pagkanegra
• pangnegra
• pinakanegra