afrodescendente
Portuguese, adjective/ˌa.fɾo.de.sẽˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/
afrodescendente is spelled A-F-R-O-D-E-S-C-E-N-D-E-N-T-E (15 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 49,356th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afrodescendente is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “black (relating to persons of African descent)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does afrodescendente mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineblack (relating to persons of African descent)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. descendente de africanos 2. negro
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of afrodescendente
- afrodescendentes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afrodescendente?
- Brazil /ˌa.fɾo.de.sẽˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ˌa.fɾɔ.dɨʃ.sẽˈdẽ.tɨ/
- Portugal [ˌa.fɾɔ.ðɨʃ.sẽˈdẽ.tɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to afrodescendente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afrodescendente in Portuguese?
afrodescendente appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).