"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: {{suffix|es|moro|eno|t1=Moor}} 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 with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish terms suffixed with -eno, Hair 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 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: {{suffix|es|moro|eno|t1=Moor}} 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": "moro",
        "3": "eno",
        "t1": "Moor"
      },
      "expansion": "moro (“Moor”) + -eno",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "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": "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": "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"
}

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        "1": "es",
        "2": "moro",
        "3": "eno",
        "t1": "Moor"
      },
      "expansion": "moro (“Moor”) + -eno",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "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"
}
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    "Spanish 3-syllable words",
    "Spanish adjectives",
    "Spanish countable nouns",
    "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": [
    {
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        "1": "es",
        "2": "moro",
        "3": "eno",
        "t1": "Moor"
      },
      "expansion": "moro (“Moor”) + -eno",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "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 with entries",
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    "Rhymes:Spanish/eno/3 syllables",
    "Spanish 3-syllable words",
    "Spanish adjectives",
    "Spanish countable nouns",
    "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",
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        "t1": "Moor"
      },
      "expansion": "moro (“Moor”) + -eno",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From moro (“Moor”) + -eno.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "morenos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morenas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "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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