VerbamorBrown in Spanish
“Brown” in Spanish is marrón, an adjective with one form for masculine and feminine nouns, pronounced /maˈron/.
In a sentence
El oso grande tiene pelaje marrón y camina entre los árboles.
The large bear has brown fur and walks among the trees.
Grammar note
Marrón is the same for masculine and feminine nouns: un oso marrón, una mesa marrón. The plural is marrones, with no accent. In Mexico and much of Central America, café is the usual word for brown, as in ojos cafés.
How to remember it
Marrón comes from the French marron, a chestnut, which is also where English got maroon. Picture a shiny brown chestnut.
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