"moreno" meaning in Spanish

See moreno in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /moˈɾeno/, [moˈɾe.no] Forms: morena [feminine], morenos [masculine, plural], morenas [feminine, plural], morenísimo [superlative]
Rhymes: -eno Etymology: From moro (“Moor”) + -eno. Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:af|moro<t:Moor>|-eno|text=+|tree=1}} From moro (“Moor”) + -eno. Head templates: {{es-adj|sup=morenísimo}} moreno (feminine morena, masculine plural morenos, feminine plural morenas, superlative morenísimo)
  1. dark-colored
    Sense id: en-moreno-es-adj-izzktfqw
  2. dark-skinned, tan
    Sense id: en-moreno-es-adj-~W0Ahse7
  3. dark-haired
    Sense id: en-moreno-es-adj-5r1uYe9N Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Spanish entries referencing ambiguous etymons, Spanish entries referencing missing etymons, Spanish entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, Spanish entries with etymology texts, Spanish entries with etymon, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish terms suffixed with -eno, Hair Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 8 10 9 2 12 3 14 0 3 6 0 3 14 2 1 2 2 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 15 20 1 9 1 10 0 1 10 0 1 10 1 0 1 1 4 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 6 9 7 2 10 3 14 0 4 7 0 4 14 5 3 2 2 6 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 7 10 8 2 11 3 16 0 3 6 0 3 16 2 1 2 2 7 Disambiguation of Spanish entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 3 14 70 10 4 Disambiguation of Spanish entries referencing missing etymons: 2 17 66 11 3 Disambiguation of Spanish entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 2 15 57 16 11 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology texts: 0 14 57 17 12 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymon: 0 13 74 9 4 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 2 12 62 14 10 Disambiguation of Spanish terms suffixed with -eno: 2 27 50 17 3 Disambiguation of Hair: 0 0 55 0 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: azúcar morena, azúcar moreno, ciudad morena, garza morena, Moreno, piquero moreno, Virgen Morena

Noun

IPA: /moˈɾeno/, [moˈɾe.no] Forms: morenos [plural], morena [feminine], morenas [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -eno Etymology: From moro (“Moor”) + -eno. Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:af|moro<t:Moor>|-eno|text=+|tree=1}} From moro (“Moor”) + -eno. Head templates: {{es-noun|m|f=+}} moreno m (plural morenos, feminine morena, feminine plural morenas)
  1. a dark-skinned or tan person Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-moreno-es-noun-PUQHtwua
  2. a person with dark hair Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-moreno-es-noun-tBdAk3tI

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "azúcar morena"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "azúcar moreno"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ciudad morena"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "garza morena"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Moreno"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "piquero moreno"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Virgen Morena"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "moreno"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "lang_code": "ceb",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "moreno"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Central Bikol",
      "lang_code": "bcl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "moreno"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "moreno"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "moreno"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "moreno"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "moro<t:Moor>",
        "4": "-eno",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "From moro (“Moor”) + -eno.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From moro (“Moor”) + -eno.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "morena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morenos",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morenas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morenísimo",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "sup": "morenísimo"
      },
      "expansion": "moreno (feminine morena, masculine plural morenos, feminine plural morenas, superlative morenísimo)",
      "name": "es-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mo‧re‧no"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "mo‧re‧no"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dark-colored"
      ],
      "id": "en-moreno-es-adj-izzktfqw",
      "links": [
        [
          "dark",
          "dark"
        ],
        [
          "colored",
          "colored"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dark-skinned, tan"
      ],
      "id": "en-moreno-es-adj-~W0Ahse7",
      "links": [
        [
          "dark-skinned",
          "dark-skinned"
        ],
        [
          "tan",
          "tan"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 10 9 2 12 3 14 0 3 6 0 3 14 2 1 2 2 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 15 20 1 9 1 10 0 1 10 0 1 10 1 0 1 1 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 9 7 2 10 3 14 0 4 7 0 4 14 5 3 2 2 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 10 8 2 11 3 16 0 3 6 0 3 16 2 1 2 2 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 14 70 10 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries referencing ambiguous etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 17 66 11 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 15 57 16 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 14 57 17 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 13 74 9 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 12 62 14 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 27 50 17 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish terms suffixed with -eno",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 55 0 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Hair",
          "orig": "es:Hair",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dark-haired"
      ],
      "id": "en-moreno-es-adj-5r1uYe9N",
      "links": [
        [
          "dark-haired",
          "dark-haired"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/moˈɾeno/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[moˈɾe.no]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eno"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moreno"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "moro<t:Moor>",
        "4": "-eno",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "From moro (“Moor”) + -eno.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From moro (“Moor”) + -eno.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "morenos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morenas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "moreno m (plural morenos, feminine morena, feminine plural morenas)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mo‧re‧no"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "mo‧re‧no"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a dark-skinned or tan person"
      ],
      "id": "en-moreno-es-noun-PUQHtwua",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a person with dark hair"
      ],
      "id": "en-moreno-es-noun-tBdAk3tI",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/moˈɾeno/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[moˈɾe.no]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eno"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moreno"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 8 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymology trees",
    "Pages with etymon",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/eno",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/eno/3 syllables",
    "Spanish 3-syllable words",
    "Spanish adjectives",
    "Spanish countable nouns",
    "Spanish entries referencing ambiguous etymons",
    "Spanish entries referencing missing etymons",
    "Spanish entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons",
    "Spanish entries with etymology texts",
    "Spanish entries with etymon",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish masculine nouns",
    "Spanish nouns",
    "Spanish terms suffixed with -eno",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Spanish terms with audio pronunciation",
    "es:Hair"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "azúcar morena"
    },
    {
      "word": "azúcar moreno"
    },
    {
      "word": "ciudad morena"
    },
    {
      "word": "garza morena"
    },
    {
      "word": "Moreno"
    },
    {
      "word": "piquero moreno"
    },
    {
      "word": "Virgen Morena"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "moreno"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "lang_code": "ceb",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "moreno"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Central Bikol",
      "lang_code": "bcl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "moreno"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "moreno"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "moreno"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "moreno"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "moro<t:Moor>",
        "4": "-eno",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "From moro (“Moor”) + -eno.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From moro (“Moor”) + -eno.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "morena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morenos",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morenas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morenísimo",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "sup": "morenísimo"
      },
      "expansion": "moreno (feminine morena, masculine plural morenos, feminine plural morenas, superlative morenísimo)",
      "name": "es-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mo‧re‧no"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "mo‧re‧no"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dark-colored"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dark",
          "dark"
        ],
        [
          "colored",
          "colored"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dark-skinned, tan"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dark-skinned",
          "dark-skinned"
        ],
        [
          "tan",
          "tan"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dark-haired"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dark-haired",
          "dark-haired"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/moˈɾeno/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[moˈɾe.no]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eno"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moreno"
}

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    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 8 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymology trees",
    "Pages with etymon",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/eno",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/eno/3 syllables",
    "Spanish 3-syllable words",
    "Spanish adjectives",
    "Spanish countable nouns",
    "Spanish entries referencing ambiguous etymons",
    "Spanish entries referencing missing etymons",
    "Spanish entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons",
    "Spanish entries with etymology texts",
    "Spanish entries with etymon",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish masculine nouns",
    "Spanish nouns",
    "Spanish terms suffixed with -eno",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Spanish terms with audio pronunciation",
    "es:Hair"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "moro<t:Moor>",
        "4": "-eno",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "From moro (“Moor”) + -eno.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From moro (“Moor”) + -eno.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "morenos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morenas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "moreno m (plural morenos, feminine morena, feminine plural morenas)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mo‧re‧no"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "mo‧re‧no"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a dark-skinned or tan person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a person with dark hair"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/moˈɾeno/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[moˈɾe.no]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eno"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moreno"
}

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