Negro [ˈniːɡrəʊ] (US) (pejorative)
Negro [ˈniːgrəʊ]
1(Old-fashioned)
sustantivo (pl Negroes)
2negro(a) (sustantivo masculino o femenino)
adjetivo
3negro(a)
- Negro spiritual -> espiritual (m) negro (song)
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negro [ni-grou]
sustantivo
1Negro, colored man.
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negro, -a
adjective
1
black
(color)
2
tanned
(bronceado, moreno)
- estar negro, -a -> to have a deep tan
3
brown
(pan)
4
awful, rotten
(suerte)
; black, gloomy
(porvenir)
- llevo una tarde negra -> I'm having a terrible afternoon
- pasarlas negras -> to have a hard time
- ver(lo) todo negro, -a -> to be pessimistic
5
furious, fuming
(informal) (furioso)
- me pone negro, -a que nunca me avisen de nada -> it makes me mad that they never tell me anything
6
black, dark
(tabaco)
7
(Cine)
- cine negro, -a -> film noir
masculine or feminine noun
8
black man, (f) black woman
- trabajar como un negro, -a (informal figurative) -> to work like a slave
masculine noun
9
black
(color)
10
black o dark tobacco
(tabaco)
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negro [nay’-gro, grah]
noun
1
Negro, a blackamoor; Negress. (m & f)
- Negro de humo -> lamp-black
- Negro de plomo -> ochre-black
- Negro de carbón -> blue-black
2
The least of anything. 3. (Carib.) Black coffee. (Metaphorical) (m & f)
negroa negra
adjetivo
1 [+color, pelo] black; [+ojos, tabaco] dark; [+raza] black; Negro; (anticuado)
más negro que el azabache jet-black
negro como boca de lobo
negro como un pozo
pitch-black; pitch-dark4 [+estado de ánimo, humor] black; gloomy; [+suerte] terrible; atrocious
la cosa se pone negra it's not going well; it looks bad; lo ve todo negro he always sees the negative side of things; he's terribly pessimistic about everything; ve muy negro el porvenir he's very gloomy about the future
pasarlas negras to have a tough time of it
verse negro to be in a jam; (familiar)
verse negro para hacer algo to have one's work cut out to do sth; nos vimos negros para salir del apuro we had a tough time getting out of it
vérselas negras to find o.s. in trouble
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