carinegro

Spanish

Etymology

From cara (“face”) +‎ negro (“black”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾiˈneɡɾo/ [ka.ɾiˈne.ɣ̞ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɡɾo
• Syllabification: ca‧ri‧ne‧gro

Adjective

carinegro (feminine carinegra, masculine plural carinegros, feminine plural carinegras)

1. black-faced

Further reading

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