sombra

See also: sombrá

Asturian

Alternative forms

• solombra

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin umbra, through an intermediate Vulgar Latin form. Compare Spanish and Portuguese sombra.

Noun

sombra f (plural sombres)

1. shade, shadow

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ̃.bʁa/

Verb

sombra

1. third-person singular past historic of sombrer

Anagrams

• ombras

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Galician

Alternative forms

• sóma, sôma (proscribed, literary)

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese soonbra, perhaps from Latin sub (“under”) + umbra (“shadow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsombɾa̝/

Noun

sombra m (plural sombras)

1. shade
2. shadow
   • c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana, page 50:

     estaua Paris adeante su a soonbra de hũ moy grande et forte rrobre

     Paris was ahead, under the shadow of a very large and strong oak tree

   • 1880, Rosalía de Castro, Cantares Gallegos:

     Cando penso que te fuches,

     negra sombra que me asombras,

     ó pé dos meus cabezales

     tornas facéndome mofa.

     Cando maxino que es ida,

     no mesmo sol te me amostras,

     i eres a estrela que brila,

     i eres o vento que zoa.

     Si cantan, es ti que cantas,

     si choran, es ti que choras,

     i es o marmurio do río

     i es a noite i es a aurora.

     En todo estás e ti es todo,

     pra min i en min mesma moras,

     nin me abandonarás nunca,

     sombra que sempre me asombras.

     When I think that you're gone,

     dark shadow that shadows me,

     at the feet of my bed

     you return to mock me.

     When I'm imagining you're gone,

     in the Sun itself you show yourself,

     and you are the star that glitters

     and you are the wind that howls.

     if they sing, it's you singing,

     if they cry, it's you crying,

     and you are the river's murmur,

     and you're the night and you're the dawn.

     Everywhere you're and you're everything,

     for me and in me myself you dwell,

     and never you'll left me alone,

     shadow that always shadows me.

3. (folklore, supernatural) shadow, ghost

References

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• “soonbra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
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• Template:R:TILG
• “sombra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

sombra

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese soombra, of uncertain origin, but ultimately containing Latin umbra (“shadow”). Possible etymologies include:

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

Cognate with Galician sombra, Asturian sombra, solombra, Mirandese selombra, Spanish sombra, French sombre and possibly with Dalmatian sombreja and Romansch sumbreiva. Ultimately possibly from Old Latin *omra, possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂mr-u-, *h₂mrup-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsõ.bɾɐ/
• Hyphenation: som‧bra

Noun

sombra f (plural s)

1. shadow
   1. shade

      Fique na sombra.

      Stay in the shade.

      Não há luz sem sombra.

      There's no light without a shadow.

   2. (figurative) a negative aspect of something

      O tempo na cadeia é uma sombra do seu passado.

      The time spent in jail is a shadow from his past.

   3. a faint silhouette

      Vimos uma sombra passar pela janela.

      We saw a shadow passing by the window.

   4. trace, hint (a very small amount, especially of something abstract)

      Sem sombra de dúvida.

      Without a shadow of doubt.

   5. tail (someone who closely and persistently follows another)
   6. (supernatural, fantasy) shade, ghost
2. eye shadow (makeup applied to the eyelids)
3. (painting, drawing) the darker parts of an image
4. (figurative) copycat (one who imitates someone without adding ingenuity)

Synonyms

• (faint silhouette): vulto
• (trace): traço, resquício
• (ghost): fantasma

Antonyms

• (shade): sol, luz, claridade
• (darker parts of an image): luz

Derived terms

• à sombra de
• sombra de dúvida
• sombreiro
• sombrinha

Related terms

• assombrar
• sombrar
• sombreado
• sombrear

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsombɾa/ [ˈsõm.bɾa]
• Hyphenation: som‧bra

Etymology 1

Possibly from the verb sombrar (from Vulgar Latin *subumbrāre), or more likely from Latin umbra, probably altered by influence from sol (“sun”); cf. Old Spanish solombra. An alternative explanation for this form is a Latin construction sub illa umbra. Ultimately possibly from Old Latin *omra, possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂mr-u-, *h₂mrup-.

Noun

sombra f (plural sombras)

1. shade
2. shadow
3. ghost

Derived terms

• libro de las sombras
• quien a buen árbol se arrima, buena sombra le cobija
• sol y sombra
• sombra de ojos

 

Related terms

• asombrar

Related terms

• sombraje
• sombrear
• sombrero
• sombrilla
• sombrío
• asombro
• asombroso

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

Anagrams

• bromas