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negro.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
negro.
Principal English Translation: 

black, the color; or, a black person, a person of African heritage
(a loanword from Spanish)

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

Auh in callali ayac castillan tlacatl quimacazque amo no aca mestiҫo amo no negro amo novaca veca chane = A ningún castellano le será dado un solar; tampoco a ningún mestizo, negro o a algún forastero (Cuauhtinchan, Puebla, s. XVI)
Luis Reyes García, "Ordenanzas para el gobierno de Cuauhtinchan, año de 1559," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 10 (1972), 268–269.