Španielčina | Angličtina |
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casta noun {f} | breed [breeds](race or lineage) caste [castes](hereditary social class) |
castaña noun {f} | chestnut [chestnuts](nut of the chestnut tree) Spanish chestnut [Spanish chestnuts](fruit) |
castaña clara adjective | brunette(having brown or black hair) |
castaña confitada noun {f} | marron glacé(chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla) |
castaña de agua noun {f} | water caltrop(Trapa bicornis) |
castaña de agua china noun {f} | water chestnut(Eleocharis dulcis) |
castaña de cajú noun {f} | cashew nut [cashew nuts](the seed of the cashew tree) |
castaña de Indias noun {f} | horse chestnut [horse chestnuts](seed) |
castaña oscura adjective | brunette(having brown or black hair) |
castaño noun | chestnut tree [chestnut trees](tree that bears chestnuts) maroon [maroons](dark red, somewhat brownish colour) |
Castaño proper noun | Brown(surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion) |
castaño adjective | auburn(reddish-brown) brown [browner, brownest](having a brown colour) chestnut(of a deep reddish-brown colour) maroon(color) |
castaño noun {m} | brown [browns](colour) chestnut [chestnuts](reddish-brown colour) Spanish chestnut [Spanish chestnuts](tree) |
castaño cobrizo adjective | titian(of a bright auburn colour) |
castaño cobrizo noun {m} | titian(bright auburn colour) |
castaño de Indias noun {m} | horse chestnut [horse chestnuts](tree) |
castañuela noun {f} | castanet(a single handheld percussion instrument) |
batará dorsicastaño noun | chestnut-backed antshrike(Thamnophilus palliatus) lined antshrike(A passerine bird of the antbird family) |
carbonero ventricastaño noun {m} | chestnut-bellied tit(Sittiparus castaneoventris) |
más contento que unas castañuelas adjective | happy as a clam(very happy and carefree) happy as a lark(very happy) |
parecerse como un huevo a una castaña noun | chalk and cheese(things that are very different) |
pasar de castaño oscuro verb | cross the line(overstep a boundary) go too farverb |
pasar de castaño oscuro preposition | beyond the pale(of a person or their behaviour: outside the bounds of what is acceptable, or regarded as good judgment, morality, etc.) |
sacar las castañas del fuego verb | pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire(do someone's difficult work) |
tiempos de Maricastaña noun | year dot(a very long time ago) |