Noun: negrito
Gender: m
Hyphenation: ne‧gri‧to
| Singular m | negrito |
| Singular f | negrita |
| Plural m | negritos |
| Plural f | negritas |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like negrito
botellero,
paletero,
metafísico,
epistemólogo,
gibareño,
fiduciario,
petromacorisano,
evacuado,
subprefecto,
miliciano,
gibelino,
moguereño,
angloamericano,
sereno,
serbio,
gregario,
seboso,
sedero,
cristiano,
babilonio, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From negro (“black”) + -ito (diminutive suffix). The -ito is generally thought to serve to make it more endearing and 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. See: Portuguese Nouns '
negão'.
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