How to Say ‘Brown’ in Mexican Spanish
Café
kah-FEH
[kah-FEH]
💬 Usage Tip: café doesn't change for masculine or feminine, so it's carro café and casa café alike. Plural is cafés: zapatos cafés.
🇲🇽 In Mexico: In Mexico, café is the everyday word for brown, the coffee color. marrón "brown" is understood, but it sounds like Spain or a paint catalog.
Phrase Breakdown
Café
[kah-FEH]
brown
In Mexico, 'café' is the usual word for the color brown, like coffee.
Mi perro es café.
My dog is brown.
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