maroon

granate

Color rojo oscuro con un tono marrón.

En inglés sencillo: A dark red color with some brown in it.

• She chose maroon for the walls.
• The fabric comes in blue and maroon.
• This maroon looks almost brown in the shade.

Sinónimos: reddish brown

Expresiones frecuentes: deep maroon, shade of maroon, dark maroon

cimarrón

Persona negra que escapó de la esclavitud en América o el Caribe, o descendiente suyo.

En inglés sencillo: A Black person who escaped slavery in the Americas or Caribbean, or someone descended from them.

• The maroons built a village in the hills.
• A maroon guided the group through the forest.
• The museum explains how maroons resisted slavery.

Sinónimos: Boschneger

Expresiones frecuentes: maroon community, escaped maroon, maroon settlement

granate

De color rojo oscuro con un tono marrón.

En inglés sencillo: Dark red with some brown in it.

• He wore a maroon shirt.
• The curtains are maroon.
• She bought a pair of maroon shoes.

Sinónimos: reddish-brown

Expresiones frecuentes: maroon shirt, maroon dress, maroon walls

abandonar, dejar aislado

Abandonar a alguien en un lugar remoto o desierto del que no puede salir fácilmente.

En inglés sencillo: To leave someone in a faraway or empty place where they cannot easily escape.

• The pirates marooned him on an island.
• A broken engine left us marooned far from shore.
• They were marooned in a remote village for weeks.

Cómo se usa: maroon someone on something (The captain marooned two sailors on a small island.)

Sinónimos: strand, abandon

Antónimos: rescue

Expresiones frecuentes: maroon someone, maroon on an island