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sombrar

Spanish, verb/somˈbɾaɾ/

sombrar is spelled S-O-M-B-R-A-R (7 letters). Sombrar is a Spanish verb meaning “to overshadow, adumbrate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Variante anticuada de ensombrecer”.

What does sombrar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to overshadow, adumbrate

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Variante anticuada de ensombrecer.

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 sombrar

  • sombro first-person present singular
  • sombré first-person preterite singular
  • sombrado participle past
  • sombrando gerund
  • sombrada feminine participle past
  • sombrados masculine participle past
  • sombradas feminine participle past
  • sombras indicative informal present
  • sombrás indicative informal present
  • sombra indicative present singular
  • sombramos first-person indicative plural
  • sombráis indicative plural present
  • sombran indicative plural present
  • sombraba first-person imperfect indicative
  • sombrabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • sombrábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • sombrabais imperfect indicative plural
  • sombraban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce sombrar?

  • /somˈbɾaɾ/
  • [sõmˈbɾaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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