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sombra

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nounfeminine
  1. shadowa dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object
  2. shadedarkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked
  3. shade, shadowa small degree
  4. ghost, shade, phantom
  5. shadea color obtained by adding black

Forms

noun

singularsombra
pluralsombras

Used in the library

  • Hace mucho calor y la sombra es importante.It is very hot and shade is important.A1La Habana Vieja — Old Havana
  • Quiero, a la sombra de un ala,I want, in the shade of a wing,A1La niña de Guatemala — The girl from Guatemala
  • Sus sombras son largas sobre la arena.Their shadows are long on the sand.A2El Nocturno de Silva — Silva's Nocturne
  • Deciden no gastar agua y buscar una sombra para descansar.They decide not to waste water and to look for some shade to rest in.A2Perdidos en Atacama — Lost in the Atacama (A2)

Other ways to say it

  • fantasmaghost, phantom, wraith; show-off

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