castaño

== Asturian == === Adjective === castaño 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) chestnut brown Synonyms: marrón, pardo chestnut wood ==== Related terms ==== Castaño castiñeiro === See also === === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “castaño”, 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), “castaño”, 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), “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] Rhymes: -aɲo Syllabification: cas‧ta‧ño === Adjective === castaño (feminine castaña, masculine plural castaños, feminine plural castañas) brown (chestnut colored) Synonym: marrón === Noun === castaño m (plural castaños) chestnut (tree) Synonym: regoldo ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === 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