hombro

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish hombro (“shoulder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈombɾo/, [ˈõm.bɾo]
• IPA^(key): /ˈombɾu/, [ˈõm.bɾu] (Ternateño)
• Hyphenation: hom‧bro

Noun

hombro

1. (anatomy) shoulder

Portuguese

Noun

hombro m (plural hombros)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of ombro
   • 1846, Fialho de Almeida, Os Gatos‎^[1], volume 1, page 34:

     Quando, depois da phrase ma l'amico favorito, os dedos de Sergio foram por cima dos bordões do violoncello, a imitar o rir do diabo, com uma malignidade humana incomparavel, no calafrio dos corpos sentiu-se, como no ralo oppresso dos gorjas, e no galgão dos hombros movidos para o mesmo ponto […]

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish ombro, from Latin humerus, umerus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃émsos (“shoulder”). Doublet of húmero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈombɾo/ [ˈõm.bɾo]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ombɾo
• Syllabification: hom‧bro

Noun

hombro m (plural hombros)

1. (anatomy) shoulder
2. (road transport) shoulder (verge to the side of a road)

   Synonym: espaldón

Derived terms

• al hombro
• arrimar el hombro
• escurrir el hombro
• hombrera
• hombrillo
• hurtar el hombro
• manga por hombro
• meter el hombro
• mirar por encima del hombro
• paño de hombros
• poner el hombro
• tener la cabeza sobre los hombros

Further reading

• “hombro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “hombro”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010