afrodescendiente
Spanish
Etymology
From afro- + descendiente.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /afɾodesθenˈdjente/ [a.fɾo.ð̞es.θẽn̪ˈd̪jẽn̪.t̪e] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /afɾodesenˈdjente/ [a.fɾo.ð̞e.sẽn̪ˈd̪jẽn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: a‧fro‧des‧cen‧dien‧te
Adjective
afrodescendiente m or f (masculine and feminine plural afrodescendientes)
- of African descent
Noun
afrodescendiente m or f by sense (plural afrodescendientes)
- someone of African descent
- 2015 November 4, “Amnistía pide a Colombia que restituya las tierras a los indígenas”, in El País[1]:
- Los afrodescendientes sufren además el agravante de no saber quién compone su comunidad.
- The people of African descent also suffer the aggravation of not knowing who composes their community.
Further reading
- “afrodescendiente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024