sombrar
Spanish
Etymology
From sombra, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *subumbrō, *subumbrāre, from Latin sub- (“under”) + umbrō (“I shade, overshadow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /somˈbɾaɾ/ [sõmˈbɾaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: som‧brar
Verb
sombrar (first-person singular present sombro, first-person singular preterite sombré, past participle sombrado)
- to overshadow, adumbrate
Conjugation
Conjugation of sombrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | sombrar | ||||||
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gerund | sombrando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | sombrado | sombrada | |||||
plural | sombrados | sombradas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | sombro | sombrastú sombrásvos | sombra | sombramos | sombráis | sombran | |
imperfect | sombraba | sombrabas | sombraba | sombrábamos | sombrabais | sombraban | |
preterite | sombré | sombraste | sombró | sombramos | sombrasteis | sombraron | |
future | sombraré | sombrarás | sombrará | sombraremos | sombraréis | sombrarán | |
conditional | sombraría | sombrarías | sombraría | sombraríamos | sombraríais | sombrarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | sombre | sombrestú sombrésvos2 | sombre | sombremos | sombréis | sombren | |
imperfect (ra) | sombrara | sombraras | sombrara | sombráramos | sombrarais | sombraran | |
imperfect (se) | sombrase | sombrases | sombrase | sombrásemos | sombraseis | sombrasen | |
future1 | sombrare | sombrares | sombrare | sombráremos | sombrareis | sombraren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | sombratú sombrávos | sombre | sombremos | sombrad | sombren | ||
negative | no sombres | no sombre | no sombremos | no sombréis | no sombren |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Related terms
- sombra
Further reading
- “sombrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014