sombra.
shadow
Meaning & usage
shadow shade
Não há luz sem sombra.
shadow a faint silhouette
Vimos uma sombra passar pela janela.
shadow a negative aspect of something
O tempo na cadeia é uma sombra do seu passado.
shadow trace, hint (a very small amount, especially of something abstract)
Sem sombra de dúvida.
shadow tail (someone who closely and persistently follows another)
shadow shade, ghost
eye shadow (makeup applied to the eyelids)
the darker parts of an image
copycat (one who imitates someone without adding ingenuity)
Where this word comes from
From Old Galician-Portuguese soombra, of uncertain origin, but ultimately containing Latin umbra (“shadow”). Possible etymologies include: * from Old Galician-Portuguese soombrar, from Vulgar Latin *subumbrāre (“to shadow”), from Latin sub + umbrāre, from umbra (“shadow”). * from Old Spanish solombra, from Vulgar Latin *solumbra, from Latin sub illā umbrā (literally “under that shadow”). * from Latin umbra (“shadow”), influenced by Old Galician-Portuguese sol (“sun, sunshine”). Cognate with Galician, Asturian, and Spanish sombra, solombra, Mirandese selombra, French sombre and possibly with Dalmatian sombreja and Romansh sumbreiva.
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