negrito

See also: Negrito

English

Andean negrito (Lessonia oreas)

Wikispecies

Noun

negrito (plural negritos)

1. Either of two species of bird in the genus Lessonia.
2. A Mexican shrub of the vervain family, Citharexylum berlandieri.

References

• “negrito”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• ergotin, genitor, toe ring, toering, trigone

Italian

Noun

negrito m (plural negriti)

1. black skin

Anagrams

• integro, integrò, ritegno, ritengo, tingerò, trigone

Portuguese

Etymology

From negro +‎ -ito.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /neˈɡɾi.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /neˈɡɾi.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /neˈɡɾi.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɨˈɡɾi.tu/ [nɨˈɣɾi.tu]

• Hyphenation: ne‧gri‧to

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 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

• IPA^(key): /neˈɡɾito/ [neˈɣ̞ɾi.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: ne‧gri‧to

Noun

negrito m (plural negritos, feminine negrita, feminine plural negritas)

1. a person of African descent

Noun

negrito m (plural negritos)

1. (Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay) austral negrito (bird species)
2. Citharexylum berlandieri, a Mexican shrub of the vervain family
3. (Philippines) Negrito; a member of a class of several ethnic groups who inhabit isolated parts of the Philippines, such as the Aeta people, or by extension, Southeast Asia

Derived terms

• cinco negritos
• negrito andino (“Andean negrito”) (bird species)

 

Adjective

negrito (feminine negrita, masculine plural negritos, feminine plural negritas)

1. (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], 2024 December 10