sombrear

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sõ.bɾeˈa(ʁ)/ [sõ.bɾeˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sõ.bɾeˈa(ʁ)/ [sõ.bɾeˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /sõ.bɾeˈa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /sõ.bɾeˈa(ʁ)/ [sõ.bɾeˈa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sõ.bɾeˈa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sõ.bɾiˈaɾ/, (faster pronunciation) /sõˈbɾjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sõ.bɾiˈaɾ/, (faster pronunciation) /sõˈbɾjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sõ.bɾiˈa.ɾi/, (faster pronunciation) /sõˈbɾja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: som‧bre‧ar

Verb

sombrear (first-person singular present sombreio, first-person singular preterite sombreei, past participle sombreado)

1. (transitive) to shade (to shield from light)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sombrear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	sombrear
Personal	sombrear	sombreares	sombrear	sombrearmos	sombreardes	sombrearem
Gerund
	sombreando
Past participle
Masculine	sombreado			sombreados
Feminine	sombreada			sombreadas
Indicative
Present	sombreio	sombreias	sombreia	sombreamos	sombreais	sombreiam
Imperfect	sombreava	sombreavas	sombreava	sombreávamos	sombreáveis	sombreavam
Preterite	sombreei	sombreaste	sombreou	sombreamos1, sombreámos2	sombreastes	sombrearam
Pluperfect	sombreara	sombrearas	sombreara	sombreáramos	sombreáreis	sombrearam
Future	sombrearei	sombrearás	sombreará	sombrearemos	sombreareis	sombrearão
Conditional	sombrearia	sombrearias	sombrearia	sombrearíamos	sombrearíeis	sombreariam
Subjunctive
Present	sombreie	sombreies	sombreie	sombreemos	sombreeis	sombreiem
Imperfect	sombreasse	sombreasses	sombreasse	sombreássemos	sombreásseis	sombreassem
Future	sombrear	sombreares	sombrear	sombrearmos	sombreardes	sombrearem
Imperative
Affirmative		sombreia	sombreie	sombreemos	sombreai	sombreiem
Negative (não)		não sombreies	não sombreie	não sombreemos	não sombreeis	não sombreiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From sombra +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sombɾeˈaɾ/ [sõm.bɾeˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: som‧bre‧ar

Verb

sombrear (first-person singular present sombreo, first-person singular preterite sombreé, past participle sombreado)

1. (transitive) to shade

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sombrear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			sombrear
gerund			sombreando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sombreado		sombreada
		plural		sombreados		sombreadas
		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	sombreo	sombreastú sombreásvos	sombrea	sombreamos	sombreáis	sombrean
	imperfect	sombreaba	sombreabas	sombreaba	sombreábamos	sombreabais	sombreaban
	preterite	sombreé	sombreaste	sombreó	sombreamos	sombreasteis	sombrearon
	future	sombrearé	sombrearás	sombreará	sombrearemos	sombrearéis	sombrearán
	conditional	sombrearía	sombrearías	sombrearía	sombrearíamos	sombrearíais	sombrearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sombree	sombreestú sombreésvos2	sombree	sombreemos	sombreéis	sombreen
	imperfect (ra)	sombreara	sombrearas	sombreara	sombreáramos	sombrearais	sombrearan
	imperfect (se)	sombrease	sombreases	sombrease	sombreásemos	sombreaseis	sombreasen
	future1	sombreare	sombreares	sombreare	sombreáremos	sombreareis	sombrearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		sombreatú sombreávos	sombree	sombreemos	sombread	sombreen
	negative		no sombrees	no sombree	no sombreemos	no sombreéis	no sombreen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of sombrear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive sombrear
	dative	sombrearme	sombrearte	sombrearle, sombrearse	sombrearnos	sombrearos	sombrearles, sombrearse
	accusative	sombrearme	sombrearte	sombrearlo, sombrearla, sombrearse	sombrearnos	sombrearos	sombrearlos, sombrearlas, sombrearse
with gerund sombreando
	dative	sombreándome	sombreándote	sombreándole, sombreándose	sombreándonos	sombreándoos	sombreándoles, sombreándose
	accusative	sombreándome	sombreándote	sombreándolo, sombreándola, sombreándose	sombreándonos	sombreándoos	sombreándolos, sombreándolas, sombreándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative sombrea
	dative	sombréame	sombréate	sombréale	sombréanos	not used	sombréales
	accusative	sombréame	sombréate	sombréalo, sombréala	sombréanos	not used	sombréalos, sombréalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative sombreá
	dative	sombreame	sombreate	sombreale	sombreanos	not used	sombreales
	accusative	sombreame	sombreate	sombrealo, sombreala	sombreanos	not used	sombrealos, sombrealas
with formal second-person singular imperative sombree
	dative	sombréeme	not used	sombréele, sombréese	sombréenos	not used	sombréeles
	accusative	sombréeme	not used	sombréelo, sombréela, sombréese	sombréenos	not used	sombréelos, sombréelas
with first-person plural imperative sombreemos
	dative	not used	sombreémoste	sombreémosle	sombreémonos	sombreémoos	sombreémosles
	accusative	not used	sombreémoste	sombreémoslo, sombreémosla	sombreémonos	sombreémoos	sombreémoslos, sombreémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sombread
	dative	sombreadme	not used	sombreadle	sombreadnos	sombreaos	sombreadles
	accusative	sombreadme	not used	sombreadlo, sombreadla	sombreadnos	sombreaos	sombreadlos, sombreadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative sombreen
	dative	sombréenme	not used	sombréenle	sombréennos	not used	sombréenles, sombréense
	accusative	sombréenme	not used	sombréenlo, sombréenla	sombréennos	not used	sombréenlos, sombréenlas, sombréense

Derived terms

• sombreado
• sombreador

 

Further reading

• “sombrear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014