What is the difference between negrito and negro?

Question

What is the difference between negrito and negro? is negrito mean smaller black color?

Sometimes it is a matter of expressing affection or not, not a matter of size. Diminuitives are used to express afftection. p.ej.: mamacita - 0074b507, Aug 24, 2011

Answer 1

Hi, Samo. Welcome to the forum.

The word "negro" means black and "negrito" means "little black."

Lots of folks in Latin America will call certain friends "negrito" as a nickname when he has dark skin. It's not an insult.

Answer 2

I am not sure of the difference , but I used to drink a fantastic Rum years ago

called " Rum Negrita " it was incredible , sadly I can no longer obtain it .

As the name suggests it was a dark sweet rum , so eeeeeeasy to drink.

Best of luck Samo22 welcome to the fora.

I think I had that for New Years one year, I slept for two days. - ingratogato, Dec 28, 2016

Answer 3

Ito/ita is normally used as a diminutive in aspects of word formation. So the following could be,

Un coche negro - A black car

Un coche negrito - A little black car.

Now that is interesting! Would have guessed that the car, being the small thing, would be cochito/ cochillo our something akin, and that negro would be unchanged. - lenina, Dec 30, 2016

Oops cochecito! - lenina, Dec 30, 2016

Answer 4

In this context I'm sure it's being used as a term of affection. I have been called negrito before, and I've been told sometimes this is used even with people who do not have dark skin.

Answer 5

While living in a small town in Oaxaca state, I had a good friend from Uganda (with very dark skin). She was popular in the town--everyone knew her and liked her friendly ways. Most townfolks called her "La Negrita" (and "Hola, Negrita" when speaking to her.) My boss at a university in Chile, a woman with black hair and olive skin, was "La Negra." It is used descriptively, and the diminutive form has a more affectionate sound (both women were around 50 years old).

Answer 6

El negrito/ la negrita is a term for "little black person", someone with dark skin. It's also a name for a tribe in Southeast Asia I think.

It can also mean black coffee in Venezuela.

If you want to say something is a little black in color/ shade, use "negruzco", which means "blackish".

Answer 7

Negro is the color.... Negrito is a nickname in PR.....