castaño

adj.

chestnut-colored, chestnut brown, brown, maroon.

m.

chestnut, chestnut tree.

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castaño

► adjetivo

1 chestnut-brown, chestnut (pelo) brown

► nombre masculino castaño

1 BOTÁNICA (árbol) chestnut tree

2 (madera) chestnut

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FRASEOLOGÍA

pasar de castaño oscuro familiar to be going a bit too far

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castaño

► nombre masculino

1 BOTÁNICA (árbol) chestnut tree

2 (madera) chestnut

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1.

ADJ [pelo] chestnut, chestnut-coloured, chestnut-colored (EEUU); [ojos] brown

- esto pasa de castaño oscuro

2.

SM (Bot) chestnut tree

- pelar el castaño

castaño de Indias — horse chestnut tree

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I

-ña adjetivo <pelo> chestnut; <ojos> brown

II

masculino

1) (Bot) chestnut tree

- castaño de Indias

2) (color) chestnut

pasarse de castaño oscuro — (fam) comentario to be out of line (colloq); situación to be beyond a joke

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I

-ña adjetivo <pelo> chestnut; <ojos> brown

II

masculino

1) (Bot) chestnut tree

- castaño de Indias

2) (color) chestnut

pasarse de castaño oscuro — (fam) comentario to be out of line (colloq); situación to be beyond a joke

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castaño¹

¹ = chestnut tree.

Ex: In this study, thirty-four-year-old chestnut trees were felled, measured and weighed to evaluate their aboveground biomass.

* castaño de Indias = horse chestnut tree.

castaño²

² = maroon, coppery.

Ex: With its purchase the newspaper staff took on 99% of the press work required to print the 'Maroon and White' newspaper.

Ex: My car was filled with a faint coppery smell that reminded me of blood.

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castaño¹ -ña

adjective

[Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ‹pelo› chestnut; ‹ojos› brown

castaño²

masculine

A (Bot) chestnut tree

Compuesto:

castaño de Indias

horse chestnut

B [Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] (color) chestnut

pasarse de castaño oscuro (fam) «comentario» to be out of line (colloq);

«situación» to be beyond a joke

esto ya se está pasando de castaño oscuro this is going too far, this is beyond a joke

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castaño 1

◊ -ña adjetivo ‹pelo› chestnut;

‹ojos› brown
castaño 2 sustantivo masculino

a) (Bot) chestnut tree;

◊ castaño de Indias horse chestnut

b) (color) chestnut

castaño,-a
I sustantivo masculino
1 Bot chestnut
2 (color) chestnut-brown
II adjetivo (color de un objeto) chestnut-brown
(del pelo, los ojos) brown, dark
'castaño' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
castaña
English:
brown
- chestnut
- horse chestnut
- joke
- mousy
- auburn
- horse

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castaño, -a

♦ adj

[color] brown, chestnut;

ojos castaños brown eyes

♦ nm

1. [color] chestnut;

Comp

pasar de castaño oscuro to be beyond a joke

2. [árbol] chestnut (tree)

Comp

castaño de Indias horse chestnut (tree)

3. [madera] chestnut

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castaño

I adj color chestnut, brown

II m

1 chestnut (tree)

2 color chestnut, brown;

ya pasa de castaño oscuro fam it’s gone too far, it’s beyond a joke

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castaño, -ña adj

: chestnut, brown

castaño, -ña nm

1) : chestnut tree

2) : chestnut, brown

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castaño¹ adj brown

tiene el pelo castaño he's got brown hair

castaño² n chestnut tree