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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)
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| A: | negro zumbón, hombre divertido, siempre dispuesto a bailar... |
| Q: | lyrics/poetry of Atahualpa Yupanqui-Caballo Negro |
| A: | Excellent job. I'd only change two little things. "The color of the highway" I'd use road instead of highway. Fits the context better. In "I don't even… |
| Q: | Da un paseito hasta la caja donde el toro negro esta amarrado, |
| A: | > Walking jaúntily over to the chute where a black bull is **[del]pinioned[/del] tied**, > his partner moves closer to him, looks over at him, checking… |
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