negrito

negrito (plural negritos)

1. Either of two species of bird in the genus Lessonia.
2. A Mexican shrub of the vervain family, Citharexylum berlandieri.

• negrito at OneLook Dictionary Search

• ergotin, genitor, toe ring, toering, trigone

negrito m (plural negriti)

1. black skin

• integro, integrò, ritegno, ritengo, tingerò, trigone

From negro +‎ -ito.

negrito m (plural negritos)

1. (typography) bold typeface

From negro (“black”) +‎ -ito (“diminutive suffix”). The -ito is generally thought to serve to make it less offensive (compare Portuguese negão). For the Philippine sense, the -ito comes from the general description of the small stature of the specified people upon their first encounter.

• IPA^(key): /neˈɡɾito/ [neˈɣ̞ɾi.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: ne‧gri‧to

negrito m (plural negritos, feminine negrita, feminine plural negritas)

1. a person of African descent

negrito m (plural negritos)

1. (Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay) austral negrito (bird species)
2. Citharexylum berlandieri, a Mexican shrub of the vervain family.
3. (Philippines) Negrito; A member of a class of several ethnic groups who inhabit isolated parts of the Philippines, such as the Aeta people, or by extension, Southeast Asia

negrito (feminine negrita, masculine plural negritos, feminine plural negritas)

1. (El Salvador) Excessively enthusiastic or insistent on getting one’s way

• “negrito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

From Spanish negrito.

• Hyphenation: ne‧gri‧to

negrito

1. Negrito; A member of a class of several ethnic groups who inhabit isolated parts of the Philippines, such as the Aeta people, or by extension, Southeast Asia.