marrón
Spanish, noun/maˈron/
marrón is spelled M-A-R-R-Ó-N (6 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,966th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marrón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “brown (colour)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cualquier tarea desagradable que le toca hacer a alguien”.
What does marrón mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinebrown (colour)
noun
- 1
masculinebrown (colour)
- 2
Spaincolloquialmasculinemess; bitch (something annoying)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Color producido mediante la mezcla de pigmento rojo y verde, naranja y azul, o amarillo y violeta. Similar al del café, el chocolate, la madera, la cáscara de frutos secos (castañas, avellanas, coco), etc.
noun: 1. Cualquier tarea desagradable que le toca hacer a alguien. 2. Deportista que oficialmente es aficionado, pero en realidad es un profesional. 3. Castaña, en particular la confitada. 4. Café cortado, con poca leche.
noun: 1. Piedra lanzada en el juego del marro.
noun: 1. Maza utilizada para romper piedras. 2. Péndulo metálico que golpea los costados de la campana.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of marrón
- marrones feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marrón?
- /maˈron/
- [maˈrõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to marrón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is marrón in Spanish?
marrón appears 8.7 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).