negra
Asturian
Adjective
negraCategory:Asturian non-lemma forms#NEGRACategory:Asturian adjective forms#NEGRACategory:Asturian entries with incorrect language header#NEGRACategory:Pages with entries#NEGRACategory:Pages with 11 entries#NEGRA
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ˈnɛ.ɣɾə]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#NEGRA
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈnə.ɣɾə]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#NEGRA
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈne.ɣɾa]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#NEGRA
Adjective
negraCategory:Catalan non-lemma forms#NEGRACategory:Catalan adjective forms#NEGRACategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#NEGRACategory:Pages with entries#NEGRACategory:Pages with 11 entries#NEGRA
Noun
negra f (plural negres, masculine negre, masculine plural negres)Category:Catalan lemmas#NEGRACategory:Catalan nouns#NEGRACategory:Catalan countable nouns#NEGRACategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#NEGRACategory:Catalan feminine nouns#NEGRACategory:Pages with entries#NEGRACategory:Pages with 11 entries#NEGRA
- female equivalent of negreCategory:Catalan female equivalent nouns#NEGRA: black/Black woman; female ghostwriter
Noun
negra f (plural negres)Category:Catalan lemmas#NEGRACategory:Catalan nouns#NEGRACategory:Catalan countable nouns#NEGRACategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#NEGRACategory:Catalan feminine nouns#NEGRACategory:Pages with entries#NEGRACategory:Pages with 11 entries#NEGRA
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from SpanishCategory:Cebuano terms borrowed from Spanish#NEGRACategory:Cebuano terms derived from Spanish#NEGRA negra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈneɡɾa/ [ˈn̪iɡ.ɾ̪ɐ]Category:Cebuano terms with IPA pronunciation#NEGRA
Noun
negraCategory:Cebuano lemmas#NEGRACategory:Cebuano nouns#NEGRACategory:Cebuano entries with incorrect language header#NEGRACategory:Pages with entries#NEGRACategory:Pages with 11 entries#NEGRA
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (standard) /ˈneɡɾa/ [ˈne.ɣ̞ɾɐ]Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#NEGRA
- IPA(key): (gheada) /ˈneħɾa/ [ˈne.ħɾɐ]Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#NEGRA
- Hyphenation: ne‧gra
Adjective
negraCategory:Galician non-lemma forms#NEGRACategory:Galician adjective forms#NEGRACategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#NEGRACategory:Pages with entries#NEGRACategory:Pages with 11 entries#NEGRA
Noun
negra f (plural negras)Category:Galician lemmas#NEGRACategory:Galician nouns#NEGRACategory:Galician countable nouns#NEGRACategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#NEGRACategory:Galician feminine nouns#NEGRACategory:Pages with entries#NEGRACategory:Pages with 11 entries#NEGRA
- female equivalent of negroCategory:Galician female equivalent nouns#NEGRA
- (musicCategory:gl:Music#NEGRA) crotchet, quarter note
Further reading
- “negra”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
Ingrian
Etymology
Borrowed from RussianCategory:Ingrian terms borrowed from Russian#NEGRACategory:Ingrian terms derived from Russian#NEGRA негр (negr).
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈneɡrɑ/, [ˈne̞ɡr]Category:Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation#NEGRA
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈneɡrɑ/, [ˈne̞ɡ̊rɑ]Category:Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation#NEGRA
- Rhymes: -eɡr, -eɡrɑCategory:Rhymes:Ingrian/eɡr#NEGRACategory:Rhymes:Ingrian/eɡr/2 syllables#NEGRACategory:Rhymes:Ingrian/eɡrɑ#NEGRACategory:Rhymes:Ingrian/eɡrɑ/2 syllables#NEGRA
- Hyphenation: neg‧ra
Noun
negraCategory:Ingrian lemmas#NEGRACategory:Ingrian nouns#NEGRACategory:Ingrian entries with incorrect language header#NEGRACategory:Pages with entries#NEGRACategory:Pages with 11 entries#NEGRA
- black person
- 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa) [Geography: textbook for Ingrian elementary school third grade (first part)], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 96:
- See oli moni voos takas Afrikaas, yhes negroin kyläs.Category:Ingrian terms with quotations#NEGRA
- It was many a year ago in Africa, in one village of black people.
- 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 122:
- Seitsentoist tuhatta negraa kooli vaa yhtä rautateetä tekijees Belgian Afrikan kolonias.Category:Ingrian terms with quotations#NEGRA
- Seventeen thousand black people died in the creation of just one railway in the African colony of Belgium.
Usage notes
- Unlike in English, but just like in Russian, negra is not considered derogatory.
Declension
| Declension of negra (type 3/kana, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | negra | negrat |
| genitive | negran | negroin |
| partitive | negraa | negroja |
| illative | negraa | negroi |
| inessive | negraas | negrois |
| elative | negrast | negroist |
| allative | negralle | negroille |
| adessive | negraal | negroil |
| ablative | negralt | negroilt |
| translative | negraks | negroiks |
| essive | negranna, negraan | negroinna, negroin |
| exessive1) | negrant | negroint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Synonyms
- arappi (obsolete)
Interlingua
Noun
negra (plural negras)Category:Interlingua lemmas#NEGRACategory:Interlingua nouns#NEGRACategory:Interlingua entries with incorrect language header#NEGRACategory:Pages with entries#NEGRACategory:Pages with 11 entries#NEGRA
Related terms
Lombard
Pronunciation
Adjective
negra fCategory:Lombard lemmas#NEGRACategory:Lombard adjectives#NEGRACategory:Lombard entries with incorrect language header#NEGRACategory:Pages with entries#NEGRACategory:Pages with 11 entries#NEGRA
- (Old LombardCategory:Old Lombard#NEGRA) black
- 1274, Bonvesin de la Riva, Libro de Tre Scrigiure:
- La prima sì è negra e è de grand paguraCategory:Lombard terms with quotations#NEGRA
- The first is black and instills great fear
Occitan
Pronunciation
Adjective
negraCategory:Occitan non-lemma forms#NEGRACategory:Occitan adjective forms#NEGRACategory:Occitan entries with incorrect language header#NEGRACategory:Pages with entries#NEGRACategory:Pages with 11 entries#NEGRA
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Category:Portuguese terms with audio pronunciation#NEGRAAudio (Portugal (Porto)): (file) - Hyphenation: ne‧gra
Adjective
negraCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#NEGRACategory:Portuguese adjective forms#NEGRACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#NEGRACategory:Pages with entries#NEGRACategory:Pages with 11 entries#NEGRA
Noun
negra f (plural negras)Category:Portuguese lemmas#NEGRACategory:Portuguese nouns#NEGRACategory:Portuguese countable nouns#NEGRACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#NEGRACategory:Portuguese feminine nouns#NEGRACategory:Pages with entries#NEGRACategory:Pages with 11 entries#NEGRA
- female equivalent of negroCategory:Portuguese female equivalent nouns#NEGRA
- contusion
Further reading
- “negra”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “negra”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈneɡɾa/ [ˈne.ɣ̞ɾa]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#NEGRACategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#NEGRA
Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#NEGRAAudio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -eɡɾaCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/eɡɾa#NEGRACategory:Rhymes:Spanish/eɡɾa/2 syllables#NEGRA
- Syllabification: ne‧gra
Noun
negra f (plural negras)Category:Spanish lemmas#NEGRACategory:Spanish nouns#NEGRACategory:Spanish countable nouns#NEGRACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#NEGRACategory:Spanish feminine nouns#NEGRACategory:Pages with entries#NEGRACategory:Pages with 11 entries#NEGRA
- female equivalent of negroCategory:Spanish female equivalent nouns#NEGRA
- (musicCategory:es:Music#NEGRA) crotchet, quarter note
- (chessCategory:es:Chess#NEGRA) black piece
- bad luck
Derived terms
Adjective
negraCategory:Spanish non-lemma forms#NEGRACategory:Spanish adjective forms#NEGRACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#NEGRACategory:Pages with entries#NEGRACategory:Pages with 11 entries#NEGRA
Further reading
- “negro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from SpanishCategory:Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish#NEGRACategory:Tagalog terms derived from Spanish#NEGRA negra.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈneɡɾa/ [ˈn̪ɛː.ɡɾɐ]Category:Tagalog 2-syllable words#NEGRACategory:Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation#NEGRA
- Rhymes: -eɡɾaCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/eɡɾa#NEGRACategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/eɡɾa/2 syllables#NEGRA
- Syllabification: ne‧graCategory:Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation#NEGRA
Adjective
negra (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜄ᜔ᜇ)Category:Tagalog lemmas#NEGRACategory:Tagalog adjectives#NEGRACategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#NEGRACategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#NEGRACategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#NEGRACategory:Pages with entries#NEGRACategory:Pages with 11 entries#NEGRA (colloquialCategory:Tagalog colloquialisms#NEGRA, usually derogatoryCategory:Tagalog derogatory terms#NEGRA, potentially offensiveCategory:Tagalog offensive terms#NEGRA)
Noun
negra (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜄ᜔ᜇ)Category:Tagalog lemmas#NEGRACategory:Tagalog nouns#NEGRACategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#NEGRACategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#NEGRACategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#NEGRACategory:Pages with entries#NEGRACategory:Pages with 11 entries#NEGRA (colloquialCategory:Tagalog colloquialisms#NEGRA, usually derogatoryCategory:Tagalog derogatory terms#NEGRA, offensiveCategory:Tagalog offensive terms#NEGRA, ethnic slurCategory:Tagalog ethnic slurs#NEGRA)
- female equivalent of negroCategory:Tagalog female equivalent nouns#NEGRA