cocolo

See also: kokolou

Spanish

Etymology

Derived from kokolo, nickname given to the Barloventino laborers upon their arrival in the Dominican Republic, by the Dominican sugar farmhands who came in large proportion from the Dominican southwest where they called black Haitians who crossed the border, cocolos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈkolo/ [koˈko.lo]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification: co‧co‧lo

Noun

cocolo m (plural cocolos, feminine cocola, feminine plural cocolas)

1. (Caribbean) a person of the black race, especially one native to the Lesser Antilles.

Adjective

cocolo (feminine cocola, masculine plural cocolos, feminine plural cocolas)

1. (Puerto Rico) Someone who is a big fan of salsa music.
2. Simple, candid.
   • 1896, Bilbaíno Neto, Lexicón: Etimolóico, Naturalista, y Popular, page 93:

     ¡No seas cocolo! [¡no seas pazguato!]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• negro, prieto
• See also Thesaurus:person of color

Derived terms

(fighter cock lacking feathers on its neck): gallo cocolo