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noun, feminine

sombra

/ˈsombɾa/

noun, feminine/ˈsombɾa/plural: sombras

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

sin sombra de dudawithout a shadow of a doubt

Synonyms: fantasma

Antonyms: luz, sol

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”).