brown

brown(

)

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

1. (color)

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

I like brown.Me gusta el marrón.

b. el café

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

(color)

Regionalism used in Ecuador

(Ecuador)

Regionalism used in Mexico

(Mexico)

Brown is my favorite color.Mi color preferido es el café.

An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).

adjective

2. (color)

a. marrón

The leaves are turning brown.Las hojas se están poniendo marrones.

b. café

Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama

(Central America)

Regionalism used in Ecuador

(Ecuador)

Regionalism used in Mexico

(Mexico)

My husband has brown eyes.Mi esposo tiene los ojos café.

c. castaño

Her brown hair is so beautiful.Su cabello castaño es tan hermoso.

d. pardo

The brown bear was searching for berries.El oso pardo estaba buscando moras.

e. moreno (skin, hair)

He has brown hair, but his sister is blonde.Él es moreno pero su hermana es rubia.

f. bronceado (skin)

My skin is brown because I spent all summer at the beach.Tengo la piel bronceada porque estuve en la playa todo el verano.

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

3. (culinary)

a. dorar

They browned the turkey in the oven.Doraron el pavo en el horno.

b. saltear

They browned the vegetables in the wok.Saltearon las verduras en el wok.

brown

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

1. (general)

a. el marrón

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

b. el color café

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.

(Latin America)

An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).

adjective

2. (general)

a. marrón

b. café

Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.

(Latin America)

3. (hair, eyes)

a. castaño(a)

4. (skin)

a. moreno(a)

brown breadpan integral

5. (commerce)

a.

brown goodsequipamiento audiovisual

brown paperpapel de estraza

brown ricearroz integral

brown sugarazúcar moreno(a)

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

6. (in cooking)

a. dorar

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

7. (in cooking)

a. dorarse

brown [braʊn]

adjective

browner (comparative)brownest (superlative)

1 (gen) marrón; color café; (LAm) [+hair] castaño; [+leather] marrón

2 (tanned) moreno; bronceado; [+skin] moreno

to go brown ponerse moreno; broncearse

as brown as a berry muy moreno; bronceadísimo

noun

marrón (m); color (m) café; (LAm) [of eyes, hair] castaño (m);

transitive verb

1 [+sun] [+person] broncear; poner moreno

2 (Cookery) dorar

intransitive verb

1 [+leaves etc] volverse de color marrón

2 [+skin] ponerse moreno; broncearse

3 (Cookery) dorarse

modifier

brown ale (n) cerveza (f) oscura or negra

brown bear (n) oso (m) pardo

brown belt (n) (in judo, karate) cinturón (m) marrón

I was a judo brown belt then and he a white one I have a brown belt in karate

brown bread (n) pan (m) negro; pan (m) moreno; (Esp)

brown egg (n) huevo (m) moreno

brown goods (n) (productos (m) de) línea (f) marrón; (productos (m) de) gama (f) marrón

She had stopped him in the street to quiz him about electrical appliances, about white and brown goods The firms listed here offer every conceivable electronic or battery-run device: White goods (washers, dryers, refrigerators, and ranges), brown goods (tvs, air conditioners, etc)

brown owl (n) (Orn) autillo (m)

in Brownie Guides

brown paper (n) papel (m) de estraza

brown rice (n) arroz (m) integral

brown sauce (n) (Britain) salsa de condimento, con sabor agridulce

brown study (n)

to be in a brown study estar absorto en sus pensamientos; estar en Babia (informal)

brown sugar (n) azúcar (m) moreno

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brown hair	cabello castaño
brown eyes	ojos marrones
I have brown hair	tengo el pelo castaño tengo el pelo marrón
brown sugar	el azúcar moreno
she has brown hair	tiene el cabello castaño
light brown	marrón claro
I have brown eyes	tengo los ojos marrones
he has brown hair	tiene el cabello castaño
dark brown	marrón oscuro
brown rice	el arroz integral
she has brown eyes	tiene ojos marrones
I have brown hair and brown eyes	tengo el pelo y los ojos marrones
my eyes are brown	tengo ojos marrones
brown-haired	de pelo castaño
my hair is brown	tengo el pelo marrón
golden brown	el marrón dorado
he has brown eyes	tiene ojos marrones
brown skin	piel morena
dark brown hair	el cabello castaño oscuro
I think the brown shoes are pretty	creo que los zapatos marrones son bonitos

Present:	browning
Past:	browned

	Present	Past	Future
I	brown	browned	will brown
you	brown	browned	will brown
he/she	browns	browned	will brown
we	brown	browned	will brown
you	brown	browned	will brown
they	brown	browned	will brown