For Spanish speakers: what 'Morenita' means?

Question

Is it a girl with a black hair?
Thanks.

Answer 1

No, school don't know what they are talking about with that.
It means a dark skinned girl. If you're calling your wife/girlfriend/daughter that it can also go as My dark skinned girl.

It has nothing to do with hair color or black people. That is a completely different word. People answering this were taught in high school spanish and assume it was right. Do not try to speak high school spanish to a hispanic. They won't understand most of it.

Answer 2

The adjective "moreno/a" means dark-colored. If applied to a person, it usually designates a dark-haired, dark-skinned female person. The suffix "-ita" is a diminutive, so it referes to a girl or young woman.

However, "morenita" is also the name of a native South American fish belonging to order Gymnotiformes, a relative of the electric eel.

Answer 3

Some people use it to mean Black people,, but most people use it to mean a brunette with a medium complexion,,, in between fair and very dark. the -ita at the end makes it a term of endearment.

Answer 4

Morena= either and or a " brunette"
"dark skin lady"

Morenita= a young brunette
or a young dark skin lady
( Miss )

Answer 5

The moors were blacks who ruled Spain...so for all this talk of dark hair and brunette just stop....the black Madonna with child is world renown because the order story is an African story of 36,000 yrs ago...

Answer 6

Morenita comes from "moreno", which means brown.
So, "morenita" is a girl with brown skin.
Now, don't think this is a racial slur. On the contrary! It is a term that is used tenderly and lovingly.

Answer 7

Little dark haired girl, not necesarily black. or little dark skinned girl.

Answer 8

It can mean brown or black. It all depends on how you used it to describe something.

Answer 9

dark skinned girl