What does morena in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word morena in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use morena in Spanish.

The word morena in Spanish means dark-haired, brunette, moray, moray eel, moray, dark, dark-skinned, dark-haired, tanned, dark-skinned person, dark-haired person, dark, tanned, brown sugar, dark skin, tanned skin, olive skin. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word morena

dark-haired, brunette

adjetivo (de pelo y/o piel oscura) (female: hair)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
La muchacha era morena y delgada.
The girl was brunette and slim.

moray, moray eel

nombre femenino (pez: Muraena helena)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La morena es un pez peligroso para el hombre.
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Moray eels are usually found in tropical coral reefs.

moray

nombre femenino (teleósteo marino)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Las morenas se parecen a las anguilas pero son mucho más grandes.
Morays are similar to eels but they are much bigger.

dark, dark-skinned

adjetivo (de piel oscura) (male)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Mi marido es moreno, pero su hermano tiene la piel muy blanca.
My husband is dark-skinned but his brother has very light skin.

dark-haired

adjetivo (de cabello oscuro) (male)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Si es rubio o moreno, a esa joven le da igual: busca a alguien guapo y soltero.
She doesn't care if he's blond or dark-haired; she's looking for someone handsome and single.

tanned

adjetivo (persona: bronceada)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
El surfista se ha puesto muy moreno porque se pasa todo el día en la playa.
The surfer has gotten really tanned because he spends the whole day at the beach.

dark-skinned person

nombre masculino, nombre femenino (persona de piel oscura)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Un moreno no se broncea con facilidad. En Punta Cana me ligué a un moreno impresionante.
A dark-skinned person doesn't tan easily.

dark-haired person

nombre masculino, nombre femenino (persona de cabello oscuro)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Los protagonistas de la película son un rubio y un moreno.
The stars of the film are a blonde and a dark-haired guy.

dark, tanned

adjetivo (color: marrón oscuro) (African ancestry)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Me encanta el color moreno de tu piel.
I love the dark color of your skin.

brown sugar

locución nominal con flexión de género (con melaza)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El azúcar moreno le da un gusto especial al café que no le da el azúcar blanco.
Brown sugar gives a special taste to coffee that white sugar doesn't.

dark skin, tanned skin, olive skin

nombre femenino (bronceada)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Por la playa paseaban jóvenes de piel morena.
There were young people with tanned skin walking along the beach.

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