sombrero en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /səmˈbɹɛɹ.oʊ/ (General-American)
- /soʊmˈbɹɛɹ.oʊ/ (General-American)
- /sɒmˈbɹɛɹ.əʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /sɑmˈbɹɛɹ.oʊ/ (General-American)
- /səmˈbɹɛɹ.əʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish sombrero (“hat”), from sombra (“shadow, shade”) + -ero, literally, "shade-maker". The drink was named after the hat.
Meanings
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A kind of hat with a high conical or cylindrical crown and a saucer-shaped brim, highly embroidered, made of plush felt.
`Hey listen Pancho, take your hands off me or I'll stick your sombrero up your Khyber.'
1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 42:Beatrice looked up and saw a man standing before her; the huge sombrero overshadowed his face, but the light of the lamp shone on a large and glittering knife in his girdle.
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 135:
- A mixed drink with coffee liqueur and cream.
- A series of four consecutive strikes.
- (obsolete) An umbrella.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sombreros | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
titanium sombrero · Sombrero · sombrerite · platinum sombrero · Sombrero Galaxy · Sombrero Channel · sombreroed · golden sombrero
Translations (23)
is mexíkanahattur (hat) · ru сомбре́ро (hat) · nv chʼah dah azkání (hat) · he סוֹמְבְּרֶרוֹ (hat) · ga soimbréaró (hat) · la causia (hat) · es sombrero de charro (hat) · pt sombreiro (hat) · fi kinnuset (bowling: series of four strikes) · sv sombrero (hat) · de Sombrero (hat) · fi sombrero (hat) · ja ソンブレロ (hat) · pl sombrero (hat) · eo sombrero (hat) · nah sombrero (hat) · hu szombréró (hat) · fr sombréro (hat) · fi sombrero (drink) · ko 솜브레로 (hat) · es sombrero mexicano (hat) · mk сомбре́ро (hat) · tr sombrero (hat)