Marrón (en. Brown)

/maˈron/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

noun

Tone or color that results from mixing red and yellow with a bit of black.

The walls of the room are painted brown.

Las paredes de la habitación están pintadas de marrón.

Variety of chestnut

Yesterday I bought a kilo of chestnuts at the market.

Ayer compré un kilo de marrones en el mercado.

From the French 'marron', which means chestnut.

brown chestnut

It refers to something of light brown color.

marrón de castaña

to be in a bind

To be in a complicated or difficult situation.

estar en un marrón

marronera

Plant that produces chestnuts.

marronera

chestnut

Fruit of the chestnut tree, from which the color brown gets its name.

castaña

Complicated or difficult situation.

That meeting was a bind; I didn't know how to get out of it.

Esa reunión fue un marrón, no sabía cómo salir de ella.

Problem or inconvenience.

They gave me a bind at work with that project.

Me dieron un marrón en el trabajo con ese proyecto.