Language academy defends the word that got Cavani banned

On Thursday, the Football Association in England announced the sanction over the 33-year-old's use of the term "negrito" (small black person) in an Instagram message. On Friday, Uruguay's Academia Nacional de Letras said the words "negro" or its diminutive "negrito" -- similar to "gordo" (fatso) or "gordito" and "flaco" (skinny one) -- are commonly used as terms of endearment.

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