Adjective: negro
Hyphenation:
| Singular m. | negro |
| Singular f. | negra |
| Plural m. | negros |
| Plural f. | negras |
Sample Sentences
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O vello leñador, sabio e taimado, observaba a acción distante, [...], atento unicamente a rafar o pan negro na cunca de caldo morno. (The old lumberjack, wise and crafty, watched the distant commotion, ..., focused only on crumbling the black bread in the bowl with warm broth.) [1995, Xesús Manuel Valcárcel, O capitán lobo negro:]
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Matías e mais eu estabamos sentados acarón da lareira, eu cáseque detrás do caldeiro onde se coce a pitanza dos cochos; o cadeiro é grande e negro [...] (Matias and I were seated in front of the fireplace, with me almost behind the cauldron where we prepare the feed for the pigs; the cauldron is big and black ...) [1973, X. Gayoso Verga, Coa nosa xente:]
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Unha princesa enfeitizada que os malos designios e o negro destino converteron en mestra de escola [...] (A cursed princess that was turned into a [mere] school teacher by vile plans and the unfortunate destiny ...) [1995, Xesús Manuel Valcárcel, O capitán lobo negro:]
Adjectives inflected like negro
preguiceiro,
metafórico,
perdulário,
metafísico,
anxélico,
serbio,
sañudo,
severo,
seguro,
sedoso,
sabido,
atmosférico,
estremeiro,
romántico,
metódico,
satisfeito,
sonoro,
sollío,
sobexo,
sisudo, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese negro, from Latin nigrum. See: Latin Adjectives '
niger'.
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