# sombrero
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sombrero (“hat”), from sombra (“shadow, shade”) + -ero, literally, "shade-maker". The drink was named after the hat.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /səmˈbɹɛɹ.oʊ/, /sɑmˈbɹɛɹ.oʊ/, /soʊmˈbɹɛɹ.oʊ/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛɹəʊ
* Hyphenation: som‧bre‧ro

### Noun

sombrero (plural sombreros)
* A kind of hat with a high conical or cylindrical crown and a saucer-shaped brim, highly embroidered, made of plush felt.
** 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 135: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.
* A mixed drink with coffee liqueur and cream.
* (bowling) A series of four consecutive strikes.

#### Derived terms

* golden sombrero
* platinum sombrero
* titanium sombrero

#### Translations
## Bikol Central
### Alternative forms

* sumbrero

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sombrero.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /somˈbɾeɾo/ [somˈbɾe.ɾo]
* Hyphenation: som‧bre‧ro

### Noun

sombréro (Basahan spelling ᜐᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ᜔ᜍᜒᜍᜓ)
* hat
    Synonyms: kopya, kalo

## Czech
### Etymology

Derived from Spanish sombrero.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsombrɛro]
* Hyphenation: som‧b‧re‧ro

### Noun

sombrero n
* sombrero (hat)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “sombrero”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “sombrero”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “sombrero”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sombrero.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɔmˈbreː.roː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: som‧bre‧ro
* Rhymes: -eːroː

### Noun

sombrero m (plural sombrero's, diminutive sombrerootje n)
* sombrero (hat)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Spanish.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsombre(ː)ro/, [ˈs̠o̞m.bre̞(ː)ro̞]
* Rhymes: -ombrero
* Hyphenation: somb‧re‧ro

### Noun

sombrero
* sombrero (hat)
* sombrero (drink)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of sombrero (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sombreroni
sombreroni
accusative
nom.
sombreroni
sombreroni
gen.
sombreroni
genitive
sombreroni
sombrerojeni sombreroideni sombreroitteni
partitive
sombreroani
sombrerojani sombreroitani
inessive
sombrerossani
sombreroissani
elative
sombrerostani
sombreroistani
illative
sombrerooni
sombreroihini
adessive
sombrerollani
sombreroillani
ablative
sombreroltani
sombreroiltani
allative
sombrerolleni
sombreroilleni
essive
sombreronani
sombreroinani
translative
sombrerokseni
sombreroikseni
abessive
sombrerottani
sombreroittani
instructive
comitative
—sombreroineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sombrerosi
sombrerosi
accusative
nom.
sombrerosi
sombrerosi
gen.
sombrerosi
genitive
sombrerosi
sombrerojesi sombreroidesi sombreroittesi
partitive
sombreroasi
sombrerojasi sombreroitasi
inessive
sombrerossasi
sombreroissasi
elative
sombrerostasi
sombreroistasi
illative
sombreroosi
sombreroihisi
adessive
sombrerollasi
sombreroillasi
ablative
sombreroltasi
sombreroiltasi
allative
sombrerollesi
sombreroillesi
essive
sombreronasi
sombreroinasi
translative
sombreroksesi
sombreroiksesi
abessive
sombrerottasi
sombreroittasi
instructive
comitative
—sombreroinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sombreromme
sombreromme
accusative
nom.
sombreromme
sombreromme
gen.
sombreromme
genitive
sombreromme
sombrerojemme sombreroidemme sombreroittemme
partitive
sombreroamme
sombrerojamme sombreroitamme
inessive
sombrerossamme
sombreroissamme
elative
sombrerostamme
sombreroistamme
illative
sombreroomme
sombreroihimme
adessive
sombrerollamme
sombreroillamme
ablative
sombreroltamme
sombreroiltamme
allative
sombrerollemme
sombreroillemme
essive
sombreronamme
sombreroinamme
translative
sombreroksemme
sombreroiksemme
abessive
sombrerottamme
sombreroittamme
instructive
comitative
—sombreroinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sombreronne
sombreronne
accusative
nom.
sombreronne
sombreronne
gen.
sombreronne
genitive
sombreronne
sombrerojenne sombreroidenne sombreroittenne
partitive
sombreroanne
sombrerojanne sombreroitanne
inessive
sombrerossanne
sombreroissanne
elative
sombrerostanne
sombreroistanne
illative
sombreroonne
sombreroihinne
adessive
sombrerollanne
sombreroillanne
ablative
sombreroltanne
sombreroiltanne
allative
sombrerollenne
sombreroillenne
essive
sombreronanne
sombreroinanne
translative
sombreroksenne
sombreroiksenne
abessive
sombrerottanne
sombreroittanne
instructive
comitative
—sombreroinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sombreronsa
sombreronsa
accusative
nom.
sombreronsa
sombreronsa
gen.
sombreronsa
genitive
sombreronsa
sombrerojensa sombreroidensa sombreroittensa
partitive
sombreroaan sombreroansa
sombrerojaan sombreroitaan sombrerojansa sombreroitansa
inessive
sombrerossaan sombrerossansa
sombreroissaan sombreroissansa
elative
sombrerostaan sombrerostansa
sombreroistaan sombreroistansa
illative
sombreroonsa
sombreroihinsa
adessive
sombrerollaan sombrerollansa
sombreroillaan sombreroillansa
ablative
sombreroltaan sombreroltansa
sombreroiltaan sombreroiltansa
allative
sombrerolleen sombrerollensa
sombreroilleen sombreroillensa
essive
sombreronaan sombreronansa
sombreroinaan sombreroinansa
translative
sombrerokseen sombreroksensa
sombreroikseen sombreroiksensa
abessive
sombrerottaan sombrerottansa
sombreroittaan sombreroittansa
instructive
comitative
—sombreroineen sombreroinensa :

### Further reading

* “sombrero”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sombrero.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɔm.bʁe.ʁo/
* Hyphenation: som‧bre‧ro

### Noun

sombrero m (plural sombreros)
* sombrero

### Further reading

* “sombrero”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sombrero (“hat”), from sombra (“shadow, shade”) +‎ -ero.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsombrɛroː], [ˈsombreːroː]
* Hyphenation: somb‧re‧ro
* Rhymes: -roː

### Noun

sombrero (plural sombrerók)
* sombrero (hat with a high conical or cylindrical crown and a saucer-shaped brim)

#### Derived terms

* sombrerós

### References

* ↑ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

## Italian
### Etymology

From Spanish sombrero.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /somˈbrɛ.ro/
* Rhymes: -ɛro
* Hyphenation: som‧brè‧ro

### Noun

sombrero m (plural sombreri)
* sombrero

### Anagrams

* smorberò

## Ladino
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish sonbrero (“hat”).

### Noun

sombrero m
* hat (headgear)
    Synonym: chapeo
** 1992, Aki Yerushalayim‎, numbers 45-48, page 32:Con bastón y con sombrero, Ya fuera Shabbat o Pascua, A eznoga siempre el primero, Antes que nadie llegaba.With cane and hat, 'Twas already Shabbat or Passover, Always first at synagogue, Before anybody else was arriving.

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sombrero.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɔmˈbrɛ.rɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛrɔ
* Syllabification: som‧bre‧ro

### Noun

sombrero n
* sombrero (hat)

#### Declension

or
Indeclinable.

### Further reading

* sombrero in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sombrero or French sombrero.

### Noun

sombrero n (plural sombrero)
* sombrero

#### Declension
## Slovak
### Etymology

Derived from Spanish sombrero.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɔmbrerɔ]

### Noun

sombrero n (genitive singular sombrera, nominative plural sombrerá, genitive plural sombrer, declension pattern of mesto)
* sombrero (hat)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “sombrero”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From sombra +‎ -ero.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /somˈbɾeɾo/ [sõmˈbɾe.ɾo]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɾo
* Syllabification: som‧bre‧ro

### Noun

sombrero m (plural sombreros)
* hat
* butterfly pea (Clitorea ternatea)

#### Derived terms

* quitarse el sombrero
* sacarse el sombrero
* sombrerazo
* sombrerero
* sombrerillo
* sombrerito
* sombrero a la chamberga
* sombrero de copa
* sombrero de copa alta
* sombrero de medio queso
* sombrero de paja toquilla
* sombrero de tres candiles
* sombrero de tres picos
* sombrero Panamá
* sombrerón
* sombrerudo

#### Descendants

* → Arabic: صُمبرَيرَة
* → Chamicuro: sompelelo
* → Dutch: sombrero
* → English: sombrero
* → Finnish: sombrero
* → French: sombréro, sombrero
* → Georgian: სომბრერო (sombrero)
* → Hungarian: szombréró
* → Isthmus Zapotec: sombreru
* → Italian: sombrero
* → Japanese: ソンブレロ
* → Morelos Nahuatl: xomplelo
* → Northern Puebla Nahuatl: xompilelo
* → Russian: сомбреро (sombrero)
* → Swahili: shumburere, shumbulele
* → Tagalog: sambalilo
* → Tagalog: sumbrero
* → Tataltepec Chatino: smalyu
* → Tezoatlán Mixtec: mvélo̱
* → Ye'kwana: samjededu
* → Yosondúa Mixtec: lelu

### Further reading

* “sombrero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Noun

sombrero c
* a sombrero (hat)

#### Usage notes

The -s plural forms are not in the dictionaries from the Swedish Academy, but seem to be more common in practice.

#### Declension
### References

* sombrero in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* sombrero in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* sombrero in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* sumbrero
* sumblero

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sombrero (“hat”). Doublet of sambalilo.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /somˈbɾeɾo/ [somˈbɾɛː.ɾo]
* Rhymes: -eɾo
* Syllabification: som‧bre‧ro

### Noun

sombrero (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜇᜓ)
* hat
    Synonyms: sambalilo, kalo, kupya

#### Derived terms

* sombreruhan
* sombreruhin

#### See also

* balanggot
* beret
* buayna
* bukot
* gora
* paha
* saklob
* salakot
* sibastopol
* syorpit

### Further reading

* “sombrero”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sombrero.

### Noun

sombrero
* hat

### References

* Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán‎ (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., 2006, page 19