sombra

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) shadow (a dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object)
2. (feminine) shade (darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked)
3. (feminine) shade, shadow (a small degree)
4. (feminine) ghost, shade, phantom
5. (feminine) shade (a color obtained by adding black)

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of sombrar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of sombrar:

sombrar

to overshadow, adumbrate

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Concepts

shadow

shade

ghost

👻

shade

trace

hint

darkness

adumbration

show

specter

spectre

spook

suggestion

touch

umber

wraith

in umbra

shady

dark

double

ombre

semidarkness

shadiness

shadowiness

Opposite of

luz, sol

Synonyms

penumbra

espectro

aparición

fantasma

👻

oscuridad

mañana

pez martillo

alma

tímalo

toque

umbría

invar

hamerkop

umbrette

ámbar gris

wraith

aparecido

espíritu

indicio

insectos

Translations

ombre

Schatten

ombra

sombra

ombra

schaduw

σκιά

umbra

ombra

gölge

schim

fantôme

👻

ظل

trace

Hyphenated as

som‧bra

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsombɾa/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: umbra

Inherited from Old Spanish: solombra

In summary

Possibly from the verb sombrar (from Vulgar Latin *subumbrāre), or more likely from Latin umbra (“shade, shadow”), possibly altered by influence from sol (“sun”) (cf. Old Spanish solombra (literally “sunshade”)) or the Latin prefix sub-. An alternative explanation for this form is a Latin construction sub illa umbra (“under that shade”).

Sentences

La armada apenas era una sombra de lo que había llegado a ser .

The navy was hardly a shadow of what it had become.

Crece en suelos húmedos en sombra o semi-sombra.

Grows in moist shaded or semi-shaded soils.