castaño

See also: castano and Castaño

Asturian

Adjective

castaño

1. neuter of castañu

Galician

Alternative forms

• castanho (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese castanho, from Latin castaneus. Compare Portuguese castanho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kasˈtaɲo/ [kɑs̺ˈt̪a.ɲʊ]
• Rhymes: -aɲo
• Hyphenation: cas‧ta‧ño

Adjective

castaño (feminine castaña, masculine plural castaños, feminine plural castañas)

1. chestnut brown

   Synonyms: marrón, pardo

2. chestnut wood
   • 1438, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 413:

     an de dar dosentos madeiros de castaño ou de ameyro, de dez cóbedos en longo cada huun

     They shall give two hundred logs of chestnut or of black alder wood, ten cubits long each one

Related terms

• Castaño
• castiñeiro

See also

Colors in Galician · cores (layout · text)

branco	gris	negro, preto
vermello; carmín	laranxa; castaño, marrón	amarelo; crema
verde lima	verde	menta; verde escuro
ciano; azul verdoso	cerúleo	azul
violeta; anil	maxenta; púrpura	rosa

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “castaño”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “castaño”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “castaño”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “castaño”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “castaño”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Probably from Latin castaneus, or a back-formation from castaña. Compare Portuguese castanho. Compare also Vulgar Latin *cassanus, from Celtic, and French chêne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kasˈtaɲo/ [kasˈt̪a.ɲo]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɲo
• Syllabification: cas‧ta‧ño

Adjective

castaño (feminine castaña, masculine plural castaños, feminine plural castañas)

1. brown (chestnut colored)

   Synonym: marrón

Noun

castaño m (plural castaños)

1. chestnut (tree)

Derived terms

• castañar
• castaño de India
• pasar de castaño oscuro
• pato castaño

 

Related terms

• castaña

 

Further reading

• “castaño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10