sombrilla

Spanish

Etymology

From sombra +‎ -illa. Cognate with English umbrella.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /somˈbɾiʝa/ [sõmˈbɾi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /somˈbɾiʝa/ [sõmˈbɾi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /somˈbɾiʎa/ [sõmˈbɾi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /somˈbɾiʃa/ [sõmˈbɾi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /somˈbɾiʒa/ [sõmˈbɾi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: som‧bri‧lla

Noun

sombrilla f (plural sombrillas)

1. sunshade
2. parasol

   Synonym: parasol

Further reading

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