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ennegrecido
blackened
Reviewed by: David WestfallCofounder
Describes something that has been turned black
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Ennegrecido means blackened and is ennegrecer0 turned into an adjective, literally something that has blackened.
ennegrecido
blackened, darkened, sooty
Something that has gone black from smoke, fire, dirt, or age.
Las paredes ennegrecidas olían todavía a humoThe blackened walls still smelled of smoke
Limpió la olla ennegrecida por el fuegoShe cleaned the pot darkened by the fire
blackened, gloomy (figurative)
Something abstract that has been made to look black, such as a name or an outlook. Black here means bad.
Volvió al pueblo con el nombre ennegrecidoHe came back to town with his name blackened
Nos dio un panorama ennegrecido de la economíaHe gave us a gloomy picture of the economy