cocolo
See also: kokolou
Spanish
editEtymology
editDerived from kokolo, nickname given to the Barloventino laborers upon their arrival in the Dominican Republic, by the Dominican sugar farmhands who came in large proportion from the Dominican southwest where they called black Haitians who crossed the border, cocolos.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcocolo m (plural cocolos, feminine cocola, feminine plural cocolas)
Adjective
editcocolo (feminine cocola, masculine plural cocolos, feminine plural cocolas)
- (Puerto Rico) Someone who is a big fan of salsa music.[2][3]
- Simple, candid.[5]
- 1896, Bilbaíno Neto, Lexicón: Etimolóico, Naturalista, y Popular, page 93:
- ¡No seas cocolo! [¡no seas pazguato!]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Synonyms
edit- negro, prieto
- See also Thesaurus:person of color
Derived terms
edit(fighter cock lacking feathers on its neck): gallo cocolo[3]
References
edit- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20140409221212/https://www.listindiario.com/zona-de-contacto/2010/3/27/136480/Los-Cocolos.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.asale.org/damer/cocolo#:~:text=Persona%2C%20generalmente%20de%20raza%20negra%2C%20natural%20de%20Las%20Antillas%20menores.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://tureng.com/en/spanish-english/cocolo.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20210121175247/https://lacc.fiu.edu/outreach/k-12/lesson-plans-resources/racial-identities-in-the-americas.pdf.
- ^ https://www.euskalmemoriadigitala.eus/applet/libros/JPG/064909/064909.pdf.