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Negrito

Negrito

See also: negrito

English

Noun

Negrito (plural Negritos or Negritoes or Negrito)

  1. A member of a class of several ethnic groups who inhabit isolated parts of Southeast Asia.

negrito

negrito

See also: Negrito

English

Andean negrito

Wikispecies

Noun

negrito (plural negritos)

  1. Either of two species of bird in the genus Lessonia.

Italian

Noun

negrito m (plural negriti)

  1. black skin

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Portuguese

Etymology

negro + -ito

Noun

negrito m (plural negritos)

  1. (typography) bold typeface

Spanish

Etymology

From negro (black) + -ito (diminutive suffix). The -ito is generally thought to serve to make it less offensive (compare English usage of negro, which comes from Spanish).

Noun

negrito m (plural negritos, feminine negrita)

  1. A person of African descent.