dun

• Adjetivo que describe un color pardo grisáceo o apagado, a menudo aplicado a caballos; también puede significar sombrío o lúgubre, con un tono poético o anticuado.

An archaic or poetic adjective meaning dull, grayish-brown, or gloomy; also used to describe a horse of a dull brown color.

1. Dull grayish-brown colorB2formal

   A color that is a dull, grayish-brown, often used to describe animals or natural objects.

   Color pardo grisáceo apagado

   • The horse was a beautiful dun color.
   • The landscape was covered in dun grass during the dry season.
   • She wore a dun coat that blended into the autumn leaves.

   Sinónimosdrabtaupe

• Sustantivo que designa un color grisáceo pardusco apagado, o un caballo de ese color; también se usaba históricamente como verbo para importunar a alguien exigiéndole el pago de una deuda.

An archaic noun referring to a dull, grayish-brown color, or a horse of such color; also used historically as a verb meaning to pester for payment of a debt.

1. Dull grayish-brown colorB2formal

   A dull, grayish-brown color, often used to describe animals or natural objects.

   Color pardo grisáceo

   • The horse was a beautiful shade of dun.
   • The desert landscape was painted in shades of dun and ochre.
   • The bird's feathers were a plain dun color.

   Sinónimosbrownish-graydrabtaupe

2. Persistent creditorC1formalbritish

   A person who persistently demands payment of a debt.

   Acreedor insistente

   • The duns kept calling him about the unpaid bills.
   • He was hounded by duns for months after losing his job.
   • The shopkeeper sent a dun to collect the overdue payment.

   Sinónimoscollector

• Verbo que significa exigir insistentemente el pago de una deuda a alguien o importunar a una persona con demandas de cobro.

An archaic verb meaning to demand payment from someone persistently or to pester someone for payment of a debt.

1. To repeatedly ask for paymentC2formal

   To make persistent demands for payment of a debt.

   reclamar insistentemente el pago de una deuda

   • The creditors continued to dun him for the unpaid loan.
   • She was dunned by the bank for overdue mortgage payments.
   • The collection agency duns customers who fall behind on their bills.

   Sinónimosbadgerdemandhoundimportunepesterpresssolicit