negrito
See also: Negrito
EnglishEdit
NounEdit
negrito (plural negritos)
- Either of two species of bird in the genus Lessonia.
- A Mexican shrub of the vervain family, Citharexylum berlandieri.
ReferencesEdit
- negrito at OneLook Dictionary Search
AnagramsEdit
ItalianEdit
NounEdit
negrito m (plural negriti)
AnagramsEdit
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
negrito m (plural negritos)
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
negrito m (plural negritos, feminine negrita, feminine plural negritas)
NounEdit
negrito m (plural negritos)
- (Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay) austral negrito (bird species)
- Citharexylum berlandieri, a Mexican shrub of the vervain family.
- (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 termsEdit
- negrito andino (“Andean negrito”) (bird species)
AdjectiveEdit
negrito (feminine negrita, masculine plural negritos, feminine plural negritas)
- (El Salvador) Excessively enthusiastic or insistent on getting one’s way
Further readingEdit
- “negrito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
TagalogEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: ne‧gri‧to
NounEdit
negrito
- 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.