castaña

== Asturian == === Etymology === From Latin castanea. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kasˈtaɲa/ [kas̪ˈt̪a.ɲa] Rhymes: -aɲa Syllabification: cas‧ta‧ña === Noun === castaña f (plural castañes) chestnut (nut of the chestnut tree) ==== Related terms ==== == Galician == === Alternative forms === castanha (reintegrationist) === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese castanna, from Latin castanea, from Ancient Greek καστάνεια (kastáneia). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kasˈtaɲa/ [kɑs̺ˈt̪a.ɲɐ] Rhymes: -aɲa Hyphenation: cas‧ta‧ña === Noun === castaña f (plural castañas) chestnut === Adjective === castaña f sg feminine singular of castaño ==== Related terms ==== === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “castaña”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “castaña”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “castaña”, 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), “castaña”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “castaña”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN “castaña”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish castanna, from Latin castanea, from Ancient Greek καστάνεια (kastáneia). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kasˈtaɲa/ [kasˈt̪a.ɲa] Rhymes: -aɲa Syllabification: cas‧ta‧ña === Noun === castaña f (plural castañas) chestnut (colloquial) strike, wallop (hard hit) Synonyms: torta, trastazo bun, chignon (haircut) (colloquial) drunkenness Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera (colloquial) yawn (boring thing) (colloquial) piece of junk Synonym: trasto (colloquial) year (used in talking about ages) Synonym: año ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ Spanish: castañeta→ Czech: kastaněty→ English: castanet→ Estonian: kastanjett→ French: castagnette→ Dutch: castagnet→ Norwegian Bokmål: kastanjett→ Norwegian Nynorsk: kastanjett→ Finnish: kastanjetti→ Hungarian: kasztanyetta→ Irish: castainéid→ Italian: castagnetta→ Japanese: カスタネット→ Macedonian: кастане́ти (kastanéti)→ Polish: kastaniety→ Romanian: castanietă→ Russian: кастаньета (kastanʹjeta) → Cebuano: kastanyas (from the plural) → Tagalog: kastanyas (from the plural) === Adjective === castaña feminine singular of castaño === Further reading === “castaño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025