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"Black" is a noun which is often translated as "el negro", and "white" is a noun which is often translated as "el blanco". Learn more about the difference between "black" and "white" below.
black(
blahk
)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.
white(
wayt
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (color)
a. la clara (F)
(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).
She ate only the egg white because she has to watch her cholesterol levels.Se comió solo la clara del huevo porque tiene que cuidar los niveles de colesterol.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
whites
A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
9. (laundry)
a. la ropa blanca (F)
(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).
This detergent is special for washing whites in the washing machine.Este detergente es especial para lavar la ropa blanca en la lavadora.
