castanho

Probably from Latin castaneus.

• IPA^(key): /kas̺.ˈta.ɲo/

castanho m (plural castanhos, feminine castanha, feminine plural castanhas)

1. brown, chestnut colour
   • 13th or 14th century, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Fernando Esquio, B1607: Disse um infante ante sa companha (facsimile)

     […] nẽ brãca nẽ vermelha nẽ caſtanha.

     […] nor white, nor red, nor brown.

• Fala: castañu
• Galician: castaño
• Portuguese: castanho

• Universo Cantigas - "castanho, castanha"

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese castanho (“brown”), probably from Latin castaneus (“pertaining to chestnuts”).

Cognate with Galician castaño, Mirandese castanho, Asturian castañu, Spanish castaño and Catalan castany. Doublet of castâneo.

• Rhymes: -ɐɲu
• Hyphenation: cas‧ta‧nho

castanho (feminine castanha, masculine plural castanhos, feminine plural castanhas)

1. brown (having brown color)

   Synonym: marrom

   Gostava de ter um carro castanho. ― I would like to have a brown car.

   O telescópio observa anãs castanhas. ― The telescope observes brown dwarves.

2. (of eyes and hair) brown (of any shade)
3. chestnut (having a dark brown colour)

castanho m (uncountable)

1. brown (color)
2. chestnut (a dark brown colour)
3. chestnut (wood of the chestnut tree)

• acastanhado
• acastanhar
• castanha