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Meaning of preto



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Ricardo Ortega Apráez

preto
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Here in Colombia, to the South of the country, in the Department of Nariño and between mine, in particular I have listened to my mother, tells "PRETO ( ) " "PRETICO ( ) " a person's skin not so dark, that without being descended from African or Amerindian race, is " trigueño 34 color; very characteristic of the South of Spain, Italy or Greece, Canary Islands...

  



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Diego

It was called so the guard pretoniana

  










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