afrodescendiente
Spanish, noun/afɾodesθenˈdjente/
afrodescendiente is spelled A-F-R-O-D-E-S-C-E-N-D-I-E-N-T-E (16 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 59,064th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afrodescendiente is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “someone of African descent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does afrodescendiente mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineof African descent
noun
- 1
femininemasculinesomeone of African descent
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dice de las personas y rasgos culturales que hacen parte de la diáspora africana, y especialmente a su presencia actual en el continente americano como consecuencia del tráfico de esclavos.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of afrodescendiente
- afrodescendientes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afrodescendiente?
- /afɾodesθenˈdjente/
- [a.fɾo.ð̞es.θẽn̪ˈd̪jẽn̪.t̪e]
- /afɾodesenˈdjente/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is afrodescendiente in Spanish?
afrodescendiente appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).