negrito

negrito (plural negritos)

1. Either of two species of bird in the genus Lessonia.

• 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. (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 andino (“Andean negrito”) (bird species)

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.