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castanho — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • brown adj Having the colour of chocolate, coffee, or soil.
  • chestnut noun A tree that produces glossy brown edible nuts, or the nut itself.
  • hazel noun A small tree or shrub (genus Corylus) that produces edible nuts.
  • maroon adj A dark brownish-red colour.

Senses

castanho is used for these senses in English:

  • brown Having a brown colour.
  • brown (countable, and, uncountable) A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
  • chestnut Of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut.
  • chestnut (uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour, as seen on the fruit of the chestnut tree.
  • chestnut A reddish-brown horse.
  • hazel Of a greenish-brown colour. (often used to refer to eye colour)
  • hazel (countable, and, uncountable) A greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut.
  • maroon Of a maroon color

brown — full definition

  1. adj Having the colour of chocolate, coffee, or soil.
  2. noun The colour itself, a mix of red, yellow, and black.
  3. verb To cook food, especially meat, until its surface turns brown.
  4. verb To become tanned or darker in the sun.

chestnut — full definition

  1. noun A tree that produces glossy brown edible nuts, or the nut itself.
  2. adj A deep reddish-brown colour, like the nut.
  3. noun A joke or story that has been told so often it has stopped being funny or interesting.
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