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noun, masculine

umbral

/umˈbɾal/

noun, masculine/umˈbɾal/plural: umbrales

umbral is masculine in Spanish.

doorstep; stoop; threshold

“El Gobierno había fijado en 500 ese umbral, entre otros criterios.”

From earlier lumbral, with a loss of the initial l- due to rebracketing of el lumbral; from Latin līmināris. Influenced by lumbre.