prieto

Meaning

1. dark, swarthy (used to describe both people and landscapes)
2. (Louisiana) black

Concepts

blackish

brunette

mean

mock privet

Prieto

Hyphenated as

prie‧to

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɾjeto/

Etymology

From apretar (“squeeze, constrict, compress”). The semantic evolution to "dark" comes through the sense of "dense" or "thick". Another common, but less likely, etymology suggested is Vulgar Latin *prettus, from Latin pressus. Compare Portuguese preto, Asturian prietu.