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negrito
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See also: Negrito
English
Noun
negrito (plural negritos)
- Either of two species of bird in the genus Lessonia.
- A Mexican shrub of the vervain family, Citharexylum berlandieri.
References
- “negrito”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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Italian
Noun
negrito m (plural negriti)
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Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ne‧gri‧to
Noun
negrito m (plural negritos)
- diminutive of negro
- Synonyms: negrinho, negrozinho, negrozito
- (typography) bold typeface
Spanish
Etymology
From negro (“black”) + -ito (“diminutive suffix”). The -ito is generally thought to serve to make it more endearing and less offensive (compare Portuguese negão). For the Philippine sense, the -ito comes from the general description of the small stature of the specified people upon their first encounter.
Pronunciation
Noun
negrito m (plural negritos, feminine negrita, feminine plural negritas)
Noun
negrito m (plural negritos)
- (Rioplatense, Bolivia, Paraguay) ellipsis of negrito austral
- (Mexico) Citharexylum berlandieri, a Mexican shrub of the vervain family.
- (Philippines) Negrito
Derived terms
- cinco negritos
- negrito andino (“Andean negrito”) (bird species)
Adjective
negrito (feminine negrita, masculine plural negritos, feminine plural negritas)
- (El Salvador) Excessively enthusiastic or insistent on getting one’s way
Further reading
- “negrito”, 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
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