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Commonly used on the island to describe a person with dark skin or someone who is Black. It is an everyday adjective used to identify someone by their skin tone, whether as a neutral description or a familiar term (in Puerto Rico, it is often used affectionately among family members).
That kid turned out very prieto just like his grandfather, he has a beautiful skin color.
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Used in Mexican colloquial speech to describe someone with a dark or very brown skin tone. It is a common way to refer to skin color in everyday situations (in Mexico, the term is frequently used to describe darker skin, often as a familiar descriptor or nickname).
My cousin is the most prieto of all of us, but he is the one who dances best at parties.
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Refers to things, animals, or food that are very dark or black. It is a common way to describe the intense color of certain ingredients or livestock. (In Mexico, this often refers to specific varieties of produce, such as the black sapote).
I only found sapote prieto at the market, so the dessert is going to be really sweet and dark.
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A derogatory slur used to refer to dark-skinned people. It carries a heavy racist and discriminatory weight in everyday speech (in Mexican society, colorism often leads to the marginalization of those with darker skin, especially in media and social hierarchies).
I do not think they will give him the role in the soap opera because they are looking for someone who is not so prieto.
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A term used to describe someone with dark or brown skin, a very common physical trait in Mexico. It is frequently used as a neutral description or a term of endearment in daily speech.
My cousin, the one who is the most prieto, loves sunbathing at the beach even though he gets even darker.
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A person who has a very dark complexion, particularly someone who has become even darker after spending a lot of time in the sun.
Damn, man, now I am even more prieto from all the sun I got in Boca Chica (a popular beach town in the Dominican Republic).
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A slang term used for a dark-skinned or Black person. It is a common way to describe someone by their complexion in everyday Ecuadorian speech. (In many Latin American cultures, referring to people by physical traits like skin color is a common way to identify or nickname them and is not always intended as an insult, though it depends heavily on context.)
That prieto kid playing forward is the best goal scorer the team has had in years.
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A very common term in Mexico for a person with dark or brown skin. Depending on the speaker's intent, it can be a neutral descriptor, an affectionate nickname, or a discriminatory slur.
My brother is the most prieto in the family because he actually likes being out in the sun all day.
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Used to identify a person with very dark skin, whether they are Black or a dark-skinned person with African features. This is a very common term among Hispanics in the U.S. to refer to people with that skin tone.
That prieto guy who lives in the Bronx is the best player in the local league.
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A term used to describe someone with very dark skin (in the Dominican Republic, it refers to the darkest end of the country's spectrum of skin-color categories).
My family is of a prieto color.
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A term for a person who is Black or a cocolo (a descendant of English-speaking Caribbean immigrants who settled in the Dominican Republic).
Look at that hoodlum stealing things as if he were a prieta!
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