castaña

Definitions of castaña
  1. noun
    the act of colliding with something
    synonyms: choque, colisión, encontronazo, encontrón, encuentro, estrellón, estruendo, estrépito, golpe
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    type of:
    apaleamiento, golpeo
    the act of contacting one thing with another
  2. noun
    an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
    synonyms: borrachera, cuchipanda, francachela, melopea, parranda, tranca, turca
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    type of:
    alborozo, algazara, embullo, holgorio
    unrestrained merrymaking
  3. noun
    revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
    synonyms: farra, tranca, turca
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    type of:
    alborozo, algazara, embullo, holgorio
    unrestrained merrymaking
  4. noun
    a roll of hair worn at the nape of the neck
    synonyms: moño, rodete
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    type of:
    peinado, recogida, recogido, tocado
    the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
  5. noun
    any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
    synonyms: castaño
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    type of:
    árbol
    a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
  6. noun
    a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
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    type of:
    madera
    the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
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