Rachel
Castaño & moreno, What's the difference? Both are translated into "Brown," but what's the difference between them? Thanks in advance!
May 30, 2019 10:24 AM
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Spanish native speaker here. 'CASTAÑO' is a term used to describe BROWN hair and eye colours, regardless of how light or dark that shade of brown may be. 'MORENO', on the other hand, is used to describe someone with BLACK hair or a dark skin colour.
May 30, 2019
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castaño is an expression used only for hair color or eye colour and is refered to the colour of the chestnut. moreno can be used to skin colour, eye, hair etc we can say that pelo moreno is basically the same as pelo castaño.
May 30, 2019
También educadamente cuando se refiere a una persona de raza negra se le dice "moreno" o también se refiere a una persona de piel canela o bronceada.
May 30, 2019
in general you use "castaño" for the hair, "moreno" for the skin when you describe a person, and cafe/marron for the objects and things. On Argentina, for example, all people with black hair is "moreno/a".
May 30, 2019
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