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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
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              Examples for "afro-hair"
              Examples for "afro-hair"
              1
              The driver had an afro hairstyle and wore a red t-shirt and dark shorts.
              Radio NZ
              2
              I saw my first Afro hairstyle on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley in May 1968.
              The Irish Times
              3
              Esperanza Spalding, a 26-year-old jazz virtuoso with a large Afro hairstyle, was the shock winner of best new artist.
              Reuters
              4
              His semiorganic shirt hardened slightly to become water resilient, but he could feel it starting to saturate his Afro hairstyle.
              The evolutionary void
              5
              With large ears poking out from under a huge Afro hairstyle, Salah is captured in the pose of his now iconic goal celebration.
              The South African
              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