afrodescendiente

Spanish

Etymology

From afro- +‎ descendiente.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /afɾodesθenˈdjente/ [a.fɾo.ð̞es.θẽn̪ˈd̪jẽn̪.t̪e]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /afɾodesenˈdjente/ [a.fɾo.ð̞e.sẽn̪ˈd̪jẽn̪.t̪e]
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:
  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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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