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Meanings of afro in English

Portuguese
cabelo afro
Spanish
afro
Catalan
afro
Wikidata

Hairstyle.

cabelo afro
Spanish
afro

A rounded thickly curled hairdo.

afro
Usage of afro in English
1
Joicelyn Dingle has been known to sport a pretty mean afro herself.
Ebony
2
The light bounced off the butterfly clips in her newly cropped afro.
Made of honor
3
You would have if she had never worn an afro or locs.
Ebony
4
True to the region, afro soul, jazz and house music dominate the decks..
The South African
5
His sculpted afro leans forward ever so slightly like a cliff.
Ebony
6
NYC woman sues former job, claiming they fired her because of her afro.
Ebony
7
In his later years, Prince traded in his pressed hair for an afro.
Ebony
8
She nailed iconic looks like 90's boxing braids and the stylized blow-out afro.
Ebony
9
But you parents are protesting over something much more insidious than the afro: locs.
Ebony
10
The driver had an afro hairstyle and wore a red t-shirt and dark shorts.
Radio NZ
11
Breaking beauty norms, she rocked a short natural afro and proudly repped her African roots.
Ebony
12
The awareness day aims to celebrate afro hair, and change negative attitudes towards afro hair.
BBC
13
An afro wig was also placed on the doll.
The South African
14
A man with shades and a perfectly picked afro stands against a flat silver background.
The Guardian
15
At 13 I arrive, with big glasses and afro.
The Guardian
16
Prince comes on dressed in a dark sleeveless jacket, and has picked his afro out.
The Guardian
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Translations for afro
Spanish
afro
Catalan
afro
Afro through the time
Afro across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common