denegrir

• denegrer

Attested since 1671. From Latin dēnigrāre (“to blacken”). Compare English denigrate.

denegrir (third-person only, third-person singular present denigre, third-person singular preterite denegriu, past participle denegrido)
denegrir (first-person singular present denigro, third-person singular present denigre, first-person singular preterite denegrim or denegri, past participle denegrido, reintegrationist norm)

1. (pronominal) to blacken; to turn black or livid

   Denegriúselle a perna polo choque. ― His leg turned livid because of the clash.

   • 1671, Gabriel Feijoo de Araujo, Contenda dos labradores de Caldelas:

     Juro por tantos, è cantos / que à an de uer denegrada, / anque a justicia me lebe / os bois da corte, yas bacas. / eu pido vsos, e custumes / calen barbas, falen cartas

     I swear by each and every one that they shall see it livid, even though Justice takes away my oxen from the stables and the cows. I ask for customs and habits, actions speak louder than words.

• denegrido

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “denegreçer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “denegr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “denegrir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “denegrir”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “denegrir”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• denigrir

From Latin dēnigrāre (“to blacken”).

• Hyphenation: de‧ne‧grir

denegrir (first-person singular present denigro, third-person singular present denigre, first-person singular preterite denegri, past participle denegrido)

1. (transitive) denigrate (to criticise so as to besmirch; to treat as worthless)

In Brazil, some consider the term racist, arguing it associates the color black with a negative connotation and advising not using it.^[1][2][3] But others contest racist intent, saying the word's original definition (to blacken) evolved into the current meaning through an association with dark stains, not with skin color.^[4][5]