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marrón

adjectiveBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “marrón” mean in English?

  1. brown

Example sentences

  • El perro es marrón.

    The dog is brown.

  • La maleta marrón es mía.

    The brown suitcase is mine.

  • Tengo zapatos marrones.

    I have brown shoes.

How to use it

Marrón means 'brown'. Ends in a consonant so no gender change in singular (el coche marrón / la mesa marrón). Plural adds -es and drops the accent: marrones.

Common mistake

The accent on marrón disappears in the plural marrones — the stress moves to the second syllable, which is now penultimate (default-stress).

Topics

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 4.