hombrera
Spanish, noun/omˈbɾeɾa/
hombrera is spelled H-O-M-B-R-E-R-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish, the 167,210th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hombrera is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “shoulder patch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Labor o adorno especial de los vestidos en la parte correspondiente a los hombros”.
What does hombrera mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshoulder patch
- 2
feminineshoulder pad
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pieza de la armadura antigua, que cubría y defendía los hombros. 2. Labor o adorno especial de los vestidos en la parte correspondiente a los hombros. 3. Cordón, franja o pieza de paño en forma de almohadilla que, sobrepuesta a los hombros en el uniforme militar, sirve de defensa, adorno y sujeción de correas y cordones del vestuario, y a veces como insignia del empleo personal jerárquico. 4. Almohadilla que se pone en algunas prendas de vestir, en la zona de los hombros, para que estos parezcan más anchos.
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 hombrera
- hombreras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hombrera?
- /omˈbɾeɾa/
- [õmˈbɾe.ɾa]
- [õmˈbɾeɾa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hombrera
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hombrera in Spanish?
hombrera appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).