contraluz
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
contraluz m or f same meaning (plural contraluces)
- backlight; a view from the opposite side of the direction toward which a light source shines
- a photograph taken from such a view
Usage notes edit
- Both senses are usually masculine, but the first sense may also be feminine, and this is sometimes considered the prescriptively correct gender.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “contraluz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014