sombrío
Spanish, adjective/somˈbɾio/
sombrío is spelled S-O-M-B-R-Í-O (7 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 19,055th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sombrío is a Spanish adjective meaning “bleak, shady, umbrageous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dicho de un lugar con poca luz en el que frecuentemente hay sombra”.
What does sombrío mean in English?
adjective
- 1
bleak, shady, umbrageous
- 2
gloomy, grim, somber, dark
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dicho de un lugar con poca luz en el que frecuentemente hay sombra. 2. Dicho de la parte donde se ponen las sombras en la pintura. 3. Tétrico, melancólico.
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 sombrío
- sombría feminine
- sombríos masculine plural
- sombrías feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sombrío?
- /somˈbɾio/
- [sõmˈbɾi.o]
- [sõmˈbɾio]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sombrío
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sombrío in Spanish?
sombrío appears 2.6 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).