Asturian

Alternative forms

• solombra

Noun

sombra f ‎(plural sombres)

1. shade, shadow

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ̃.bʁa/

Verb

sombra

1. third-person singular past historic of sombrer

Anagrams

• ombras

Portuguese

sombra

Etymology

From Old Portuguese soombra, of uncertain origin, but most likely ultimately from Latin umbra ‎(“shadow”). Possible etymologies include:

• from Old Portuguese soombrar, from Vulgar Latin *subumbrāre ‎(“to shadow”), from Latin sub + umbrāre, from umbra ‎(“shadow”).^[1]
• from Old Spanish solombra, from Vulgar Latin *solumbra, from Latin sub illa umbra.^[2]
• from Latin umbra ‎(“shadow”), influenced by Old Portuguese sol ‎(“sun, sunshine”).^[1]

Cognate with Galician sombra, Asturian sombra, solombra, Mirandese selombra, Spanish sombra, French sombre and possibly with Dalmatian sombreja and Romansch sumbreiva.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsõ.bɾɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsõ.bɾa/, /ˈsõ.bɾɐ/
• Hyphenation: som‧bra

Noun

sombra f (plural sombras)

1. shade

   Fique na sombra.‎

   Keep in the shade.

2. shadow

   Não há luz sem sombra.‎

   There's no light without a shadow.

Antonyms

• (shade): sol

Derived terms

• sombra de dúvida
• sombreiro

Related terms

• sombrar

References

1. 1 2 Dicionario de dicionarios do galego medieval http://sli.uvigo.es/DDGM/ddd_pescuda.php?pescuda=sombra&tipo_busca=lema
2. ↑ Infopedia http://www.infopedia.pt/pesquisa-global/sombra

Spanish

Etymology 1

Probably from the verb sombrar.

Noun

sombra f ‎(plural sombras)

1. shade
2. shadow
3. ghost

Related terms

• sombraje
• sombrear
• sombrero
• sombrilla
• sombrío

Etymology 2

Non-lemma forms.

Verb

sombra

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of sombrar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of sombrar; (he/she/it/one) shades