sombrilla

Spanish

Etymology

From sombra +‎ -illa. Cognate with English umbrella.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /somˈbɾiʝa/ [sõmˈbɾi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /somˈbɾiʝa/ [sõmˈbɾi.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /somˈbɾiʎa/ [sõmˈbɾi.ʎa] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /somˈbɾiʃa/ [sõmˈbɾi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /somˈbɾiʒa/ [sõmˈbɾi.ʒa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /somˈbɾia/ [sõmˈbɾi.a] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -iʎa (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒa (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• Rhymes: -ia (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: som‧bri‧lla

Noun

sombrilla f (plural sombrillas)

1. sunshade
2. parasol

   Synonym: parasol

Further reading

• “sombrilla”, 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