Meanings (ES + gloss)
bronce • tostado
A light, brown-like colour.
bronceado • moreno • tostado
A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources.
I'm hoping to get a tan this weekend at the beach.
She still has a tan from her vacation in Mexico.
corteza de roble • corteza tánica
The bark of an oak or other tree from which tannic acid is obtained.
In two pints of water boil one ounce of tan, and a like portion of nutgall till reduced to a pint.
Phrases
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
broncearse
To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun.
No matter how long I stay out in the sun, I never tan, though I do burn.
curtir
To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid.