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cocolo

/koˈkolo/

noun, masculine/koˈkolo/plural: cocolos

a person of the black race, especially one native to the Lesser Antilles.

Derived from kokolo, nickname given to the Barloventino laborers upon their arrival in the Dominican Republic, by the Dominican sugar farmhands who came in large proportion from the Dominican southwest where they called black Haitians who crossed the border, cocolos.

adjective/koˈkolo/

Someone who is a big fan of salsa music.; Simple, candid.

¡No seas cocolo! [¡no seas pazguato!]

Derived from kokolo, nickname given to the Barloventino laborers upon their arrival in the Dominican Republic, by the Dominican sugar farmhands who came in large proportion from the Dominican southwest where they called black Haitians who crossed the border, cocolos.