humor negro

Portuguese

Etymology

Compound of humor +‎ negro. Literally, “black humor”.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /uˈmoʁ ˈne.ɡɾu/ [uˈmoɦ ˈne.ɡɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /uˈmoʁ ˈne.ɡɾu/ [uˈmoɦ ˈne.ɡɾu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /uˈmoɾ ˈne.ɡɾu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /uˈmoʁ ˈne.ɡɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /uˈmoɻ ˈne.ɡɾo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /uˈmoɾ ˈne.ɡɾu/ [uˈmoɾ ˈne.ɣɾu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /uˈmoɾ ˈne.ɡɾu/ [uˈmoɾ ˈne.ɣɾu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /uˈmo.ɾi ˈne.ɡɾu/ [uˈmo.ɾi ˈne.ɣɾu]

Noun

humor negro m (uncountable)

1. black humor (comedy making light of taboo subjects)

   Synonym: humor ácido

Spanish

Noun

humor negro m (uncountable)

1. black humor

Further reading

• “humor negro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10