alumbre
Spanish, noun
alumbre is spelled A-L-U-M-B-R-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 67,533rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alumbre is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “alum (an astringent salt)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of alumbrar. With an accent, alumbré is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of alumbrar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tipo de sulfato triple compuesto por el sulfato de un metal trivalente, como el aluminio, y otro de un metal…”.
What does alumbre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealum (an astringent salt)
noun
- 1
masculinelight, glow
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of alumbrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tipo de sulfato triple compuesto por el sulfato de un metal trivalente, como el aluminio, y otro de un metal monovalente.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alumbre
- alumbres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to alumbre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alumbre in Spanish?
alumbre appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).