Adjectives / Adverbs | |||||||
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| black adj. | negro, negra | ||||||
| illegal adj. | en negro | ||||||
| illicit adj. | en negro | ||||||
| gloomy adj. - without hope | negro, negra [fig.] | ||||||
| dim adj. - not clear | negro, negra [fig.] | ||||||
| grim adj. - without hope | negro, negra [fig.] - desventurado | ||||||
| black and white - used after noun | blanco-negro, blanca-negra adj. | ||||||
| black-and-white adj. - used before noun | blanco-negro, blanco-negra | ||||||
| coal-black adj. | negro azabache | ||||||
| graphite black or: graphite-black | (de color) negro grafito | ||||||
| inky adj. | (de color) negro intenso | ||||||
| black-and-buff adj. | negro(-a) y marrón | ||||||
| ebony adj. | negro(-a) como el ébano | ||||||
| pitch-black adj. | negro(-a) como la pez | ||||||
Nouns | |||||||
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| black | el negro | ||||||
| blackness | el negro | ||||||
| ghostwriter or: ghost writer [LIT.] | el negro (literario) | ||||||
| nigger [pej.] | el negro | la negra - persona de piel oscura | ||||||
| Negress - pl.: Negresses [pej.] - offensive | el negro | la negra - usado con intención despectiva | ||||||
| Negro - pl.: Negroes [pej.] dated | el chumeco (Lat. Am.: C. Rica) | ||||||
| Negro - pl.: Negroes [pej.] dated | el negro | la negra | ||||||
| black garlic | ajo negro | ||||||
| black hair | cabello negro | ||||||
| dark chocolate | chocolate negro | ||||||
| a black day | día negro | ||||||
| illegal earnings plural noun | dinero negro | ||||||
| illegal income | dinero negro | ||||||
| illicit earnings plural noun | dinero negro | ||||||
Verbs | |||||||
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| to be furious | was, been | | ponerse negro | ||||||
| to lose one's temper | ponerse negro [fig.] [coll.] | ||||||
| to huff | huffed, huffed | - express annoyance | ponerse negro [coll.] | ||||||
| to be pessimistic (about so. (or: sth.)) | was, been | | verlo todo negro | ||||||
| to be in the black [COMM.][ECON.][FINAN.] | estar en números negros | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| inky adj. | negro como la noche | ||||||
| inky adj. | negro como la pez | ||||||
| to struggle | struggled, struggled | - effort | trabajar como un negro | ||||||
| bad apple [coll.] | garbanzo negro | ||||||
| to annoy so. | annoyed, annoyed | | poner negro a alguien [fig.] [coll.] | ||||||
| to go spare (Brit.) [coll.] | poner negro a alguien [fig.] [coll.] | ||||||
| to nettle so. | nettled, nettled | | poner negro a alguien [fig.] [coll.] | ||||||
| to spite so. | spited, spited | | poner negro a alguien [fig.] [coll.] | ||||||
| to antagonizeAE so. to antagoniseBE / antagonizeBE so. | antagonized, antagonized / antagonised, antagonised | | poner negro a alguien [fig.] [coll.] | ||||||
| to tease so. | teased, teased | | poner negro a alguien [fig.] [coll.] | ||||||
| to anger so. | angered, angered | | poner negro a alguien [fig.] [fam.] | ||||||
| to bother so. | bothered, bothered | | poner negro a alguien [fig.] [fam.] | ||||||
| to pick on so. | picked, picked | | poner negro a alguien [fig.] [fam.] | ||||||
| to be fuming | was, been | | estar negro [fig.] [coll.] - enfadado | ||||||
Examples | |||||||
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| David is a tall man, he has very black hair and wears glasses, it's hard not to recognise him. | David es un hombre alto, tiene el pelo muy negro y lleva gafas, es difícil no reconocerlo. | ||||||
| There are days when I am happy, but on other days, I see everything black. | Hay días que estoy contento, pero otros, lo veo todo negro. | ||||||
| He has eight horses: four white, three brown and one black. | Tiene ocho caballos: cuatro blancos, tres marrones y uno negro. | ||||||
| He always wears black sneakers. | Él siempre calza zapatillas negras. | ||||||
| Elena is a tall girl with black eyes and brown skin. | Elena es una chica alta, de ojos negros y la piel morena. | ||||||
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Related search terms | |
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| Black, Negress, ghostwriter, black | abstrusa, negra, antijurídico, obscura, abstruso, chumeco, oscuro, agorera, agorero, ilícita, ley, antijurídica, obscuro, ilícito, ilegal, oscura |
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