afrodescendiente
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From afro- + descendiente.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /afɾodesθenˈdjente/ [a.fɾo.ð̞es.θẽn̪ˈd̪jẽn̪.t̪e]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /afɾodesenˈdjente/ [a.fɾo.ð̞e.sẽn̪ˈd̪jẽn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: a‧fro‧des‧cen‧dien‧te
Adjective edit
afrodescendiente m or f (masculine and feminine plural afrodescendientes)
- of African descent
Noun edit
afrodescendiente m or f by sense (plural afrodescendientes)
- someone of African descent
- 2015 November 4, “Amnistía pide a Colombia que restituya las tierras a los indígenas”, in El País[1]:
- Los afrodescendientes sufren además el agravante de no saber quién compone su comunidad.
- The people of African descent also suffer the aggravation of not knowing who composes their community.
Further reading edit
- “afrodescendiente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014