sombrear
Portuguese, verb/sõ.bɾiˈa(ʁ)/
sombrear is spelled S-O-M-B-R-E-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese, the 135,347th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sombrear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to shade (to shield from light)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “colocar sombra em um lugar”.
What does sombrear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shade (to shield from light)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. colocar sombra em um lugar 2. aplicar sombreamento a um desenho, pintura, etc.
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sombrear
- sombreio first-person present singular
- sombreei first-person preterite singular
- sombreado participle past
- sombreares infinitive second-person singular
- sombrearmos first-person infinitive plural
- sombreardes infinitive plural second-person
- sombrearem infinitive plural third-person
- sombreando gerund
- sombreados masculine participle past
- sombreada feminine participle past
- sombreadas feminine participle past
- sombreias indicative present second-person
- sombreia indicative present singular
- sombreamos first-person indicative plural
- sombreais indicative plural present
- sombreiam indicative plural present
- sombreava first-person imperfect indicative
- sombreavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sombrear?
- Brazil /sõ.bɾiˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [sõ.bɾiˈa(h)]
- Brazil /sõˈbɾja(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sombrear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sombrear in Portuguese?
sombrear appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).