sombrio

See also: Sombrio and sombrío

Portuguese

Etymology

From sombra (“shade, shadow, ghost”) +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sõˈbɾi.u/, /sõˈbɾiw/ [sõˈbɾiʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sõˈbɾi.u/

• Hyphenation: som‧bri‧o

Adjective

sombrio (feminine sombria, masculine plural sombrios, feminine plural sombrias)

1. (literally or figuratively) shady, gloomy, dark, dingy, sombre

Derived terms

• sombriamente

Further reading

• “sombrio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025