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"Black" is a noun which is often translated as "el negro", and "African American" is a noun which is often translated as "el afroamericano". Learn more about the difference between "black" and "African American" below.
black(
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
2. (color)
3. (skin color)
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
5. (to bruise)
a. poner morado
We were fighting, and the other guy punched me and blacked my eye.Nos estábamos pegando, y el otro tipo me dio un puñetazo y me puso el ojo morado.
6. (to polish)
a. lustrar
Outside the bar, a shoe shiner was blacking a man's shoes.En la puerta del bar, un limpiabotas le lustraba los zapatos a un señor.
African American(
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. el afroamericano (M), la afroamericana (F)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Althea Gibson was the first African American to win Wimbledon and the US Open.Althea Gibson fue la primera afroamericana en ganar Wimbledon y el Abierto de Estados Unidos.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
a. afroamericano
The museum has an exhibition of contemporary African American art.El museo tiene una exhibición de arte afroamericana contemporánea.
