negro
Portuguese, noun/ˈne.ɡɾu/
negro is spelled N-E-G-R-O (5 letters) and appears 71 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,363rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Negro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “black (the darkest colour)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “afro-descendente”.
What does negro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineblack (the darkest colour)
- 2
masculineoffensiveblack; negro (dark-skinned person)
adjective
- 1
black in colour
- 2
black; dark-skinned
- 3
dark (sometimes associated with evil)
Cavaleiro negro.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. da cor do carvão, do ébano etc 2. relativo à raça negra
noun: 1. afro-descendente 2. homem de raça negra
noun: 1. a cor negra 2. tratando-se de luz, a ausência de cor 3. tratando-se de tinta, a união de todas as cores
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 negro
- negros plural
- negra feminine
- negras feminine plural
- mais negro comparative
- o mais negro superlative
- negríssimo superlative
- negrinho diminutive
- negrão augmentative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce negro?
- Brazil /ˈne.ɡɾu/
- Portugal /ˈne.ɡɾu/
- Portugal [ˈne.ɣɾu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to negro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is negro in Portuguese?
negro appears 71 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).