marrón

∗ ≈

brown

∗ noun

marron [ma-ron]
sustantivo
1Petardo pirotécnico.
2Color castaño.
3Gran castaña dulce del sur de Europa; se usa como alimento y para confitura.

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marrón
adjective
1brown
  • marrón claro -> light brown, tan
masculine noun
2brown (color)
3(informal) (situación desagradable)
  • ¡qué marrón! -> what a pain! (peninsular Spanish)
  • me ha tocado a mí comerme el marrón de limpiar la casa tras la fiesta -> I got lumbered with having to clean the house after the party
  • pillar a alguien de marrón -> to catch somebody in the act
also:
  • marrón glacé -> marron glacé

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marrón [mar-rone’]
noun
1Quoit, pitcher. (m)
2(Cuba) A runaway slave. (m)
3Chestnut (color); brown. (m)
4Marron glacé. (Culinary) (m)
5Curipaper. (Andes) (m)
6Coffee with milk. (Caribbean) (m)
7(Jur.) Charge (acusación); sentence (condena). (m)
  • Comerse un marrón -> to cough up
  • Le pillaron de marrón -> they gave him 5 years' bird
adjective
8Chestnut, brown; brown (zapatos).

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marrón
adjetivo
brown
sustantivo:masculino
1 (color) brown
2 (Culin)
marrón glacé marron glacé
3 (muy_familiar) (acusación) charge; (condena) sentence; (situación comprometida) mess
le dieron cinco años de marrón they gave him five years' bird; (familiar) le pillaron de en un marróno they caught him red-handed
comerse un marrón to own up
4 (muy_familiar) (policía) pig; (muy_familiar) cop; (familiar)
5 (Latinoamérica) (Hist) maroon
6 (And) (papillote) curlpaper
7 (Caribe) (café con leche) coffee with milk

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