castaña

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See also: castana, Castana, and castană

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin castanea.

Noun

castaña f (plural castañes)

  1. chestnut (nut of the chestnut tree)

Galician

Castañas ("chestnuts")

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese castanna, from Latin castanea, from Ancient Greek καστάνεια (kastáneia).

Pronunciation

Noun

castaña f (plural castañas)

  1. chestnut
    • 1418, Sada / A Coruña, edited by Manuel Lucas Álvarez and Pedro Lucas Domínguez, El priorato benedictino de San Vicenzo de Pombeiro y su colección diplomática en la Edad Media, Ediciós do Castro, page 148:
      seys teegas de castanas secas et linpas et escolleytas dos cascõõs et do podre
      six measures of dry and clean chesnuts, free of dried ones and of rotten ones

Adjective

castaña f sg

  1. feminine singular of castaño

References

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish castanna, from Latin castanea, from Ancient Greek καστάνεια (kastáneia).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kasˈtaɲa/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɲa
  • Syllabification: cas‧ta‧ña

Noun

castaña f (plural castañas)

  1. chestnut
  2. (colloquial) strike, wallop (hard hit)
    Synonyms: torta, trastazo
  3. bun, chignon (haircut)
  4. (colloquial) drunkenness
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera
  5. (colloquial) yawn (boring thing)
  6. (colloquial) piece of junk
  7. (colloquial) year (used in talking about ages)
    Synonym: año
    Tiene 40 castañas
    He's 40 (years old)

Derived terms

Descendants

Adjective

castaña

  1. feminine singular of castaño

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