Is Zihua in Amarillo or still Naranja?

by Tere @, Thursday, October 29, 2020, 20:42 (2204 days ago)

Just asking because there are futbol and basketbal games again in la cancha en La Noria.

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Is Zihua in Amarillo or still Naranja?

by Talley Ho @, Playa la Ropa, Thursday, October 29, 2020, 20:45 (2204 days ago) @ Tere

Anaranjado

We were always taught that the color orange is anaranjado, and the fruit is naranja. Here we are hearing naranja used for everything orange.

What is the "normal" usage here?

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Semáforo Naranja

by ZihuaRob ⌂ @, Zihuatanejo, México, Thursday, October 29, 2020, 20:57 (2204 days ago) @ Tere

Just asking because there are futbol and basketbal games again in la cancha en La Noria.

Todavía el estado de Guerrero está en Semáforo Naranja. Ojalá que pronto podamos cambiar al Semáforo Amarillo y luego Verde.

Is Zihua in Amarillo or still Naranja?

by Tere @, Friday, October 30, 2020, 08:28 (2204 days ago) @ Talley Ho

Never heard anaranjado - everything orange here is naranja. Except, apparently, the semaforo de salud! HA!

Semáforo Naranja

by Tere @, Friday, October 30, 2020, 08:28 (2204 days ago) @ ZihuaRob

Espero que si.

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Anaranjado

by ZihuaRob ⌂ @, Zihuatanejo, México, Friday, October 30, 2020, 10:07 (2204 days ago) @ Talley Ho

Anaranjado

We were always taught that the color orange is anaranjado, and the fruit is naranja. Here we are hearing naranja used for everything orange.

What is the "normal" usage here?

Anaranjado sounds like "orangish" to me, but you are correct, it is the word for the color orange. However, we are so accustomed to saying and hearing "de color naranja" so much that we rarely use anaranjado.

Anaranjado

by Padrino ⌂ @, Rosarito/Zihuatanejo, Saturday, October 31, 2020, 10:44 (2203 days ago) @ ZihuaRob

Anaranjado

We were always taught that the color orange is anaranjado, and the fruit is naranja. Here we are hearing naranja used for everything orange.

What is the "normal" usage here?


Anaranjado sounds like "orangish" to me, but you are correct, it is the word for the color orange. However, we are so accustomed to saying and hearing "de color naranja" so much that we rarely use anaranjado.

Almost all the Spanish classes and programs I have studied over the years use naranja. I think I remember a long time ago seeing the word anaranjado somewhere but I have never heard anyone in Mexico use it.