No. 3,087 in Catalan
negres
"Negres" in English means "blacks" or "black ones."
In a sentence
Va pintar les parets totalment negres.
He painted the walls completely black.
In this sentence, 'negres' is used as an adjective describing the color of the walls, denoting the plural form of 'negre', meaning 'black'.
Han adoptat dos gats negres.
They have adopted two black cats.
Here, 'negres' again functions as an adjective describing the cats' fur color, pluralized to agree with the noun it modifies.
Les circumstàncies son negres ara mateix.
The circumstances are bleak right now.
'Negres' in this example is used metaphorically to represent something negative or grim, describing the situation in a figurative sense.
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