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/Sounds like "PRYEH" + "toh" (as in "toll")/
A dark-skinned person in Mexico. Can be neutrally descriptive or derogatory depending on context. The negative usage reflects the colorism that exists in society.
“Don't be racist, what's wrong with being prieto.”
“They call him prieto affectionately, but sometimes it hurts.”
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/Sounds like "PRYEH" + "toh" (as in "toll")/
A dark-skinned person in Mexico. Can be neutrally descriptive or derogatory depending on context. The negative usage reflects the colorism that exists in society.
“Don't be racist, what's wrong with being prieto.”
“They call him prieto affectionately, but sometimes it hurts.”
Bardero
Someone who constantly stirs up trouble, picks fights, or ruins the atmosphere wherever they go. In Argentina, "bardear" means to provoke or insult, and a bardero does it as a habit, not an accident.