Meaning of the word "Moreno(a)"

[Kalel21]

Can anyone with decent spanish skill give me the correct translation for a Moreno(a)?

The last time I checked it meant a person with dark hair or a brunette. But one of my buddies says its a person of african ancestory.

[El Capitan]

Skin color - it describes someone with dark, or tanned skin...not ancestry.

Other colors - Blanca - self explanatory

Triguena - Olive skin tone, but not quite morena

Negra - self explanatory

Hope that helps K!

EC

[Kalel21]

Thanks EC. so basically your saying morena would be olive skin colour. kind of like salma hayek or someone from the middle east?

[El Capitan]

Salma Hayek would be more of a triguena in my book, an example of morena would be more like Penelope Cruz...or Eva Mendes...or...

TINTO...got any morena pictures?

[LastLion]

Jenifer Lopes is definitely of a morena. Penelope, I think is too light, maybe a triguena! Most morenas have good amount of native indian in them, and some have the african ancestory as well. Mi gusta mucho las morenas!!!!! Dark skin, black hair mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..

[Cubafro]

Kalel,
if you look at LL`s avatar she can be considered as a morena too, because there`s differences ...you have morena y morena clara...And for morena, in my book its a person of african ancestory. Una mulata se puede considerar morena....
LL a mi me gusta muchissimo las mulatas [img]smile.gif[/img]

CUBA [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Kalel21]

Thanks CUBA. I am going to take a shot at this and see if I get this right.

The first chica is from the Dom Rep. So I guess she would be a mulatta. right?

The second chick...Well all know this latina don't we? If you don't you should be ashamed of yourself [img]tongue.gif[/img]

So this chick would be described as a "Morena" right?

And EC reckons this chick is a triguena.

[Tinto]

TINTO...got any morena pictures?

I have something better than a photo of a morena. How about 134 different classifications of color and among those there are 17 different distictions of morena!!!

Check OUT THIS LINK.

OK, ok...here ya go Capitan. A photo of a cute morena.

[Kalel21]

thanks Tinto. do you have a pic of a triguena?

[Texas Cowboy]

Gotcha Tinto, Bro there are just tooooo many distinctions!!! Gueras, blancas, loiras, nergritas, morenas, morenas claras, mezticas, coblocos, jambos, mulatas....etc [img]tongue.gif[/img] DAYUM!!! I'll take em all