castanho

== Old Galician-Portuguese == === Etymology === Probably from Latin castaneus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kas̺.ˈta.ɲo/ === Adjective === castanho m (plural castanhos, feminine castanha, feminine plural castanhas) brown, chestnut colour 13th or 14th century, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Fernando Esquio, B1607: Disse um infante ante sa companha (facsimile) ==== Descendants ==== Fala: castañu Galician: castaño Portuguese: castanho === See also === === Further reading === Universo Cantigas - "castanho, castanha" == Portuguese == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɐɲu Hyphenation: cas‧ta‧nho === Adjective === castanho (feminine castanha, masculine plural castanhos, feminine plural castanhas) 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. brown (hair or eye color) chestnut (having a dark brown colour) ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === castanho m (uncountable) brown (color) chestnut (a dark brown colour) chestnut (wood of the chestnut tree) === Related terms === === See also === === Further reading === “castanho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “castanho”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “castanho”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “castanho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026