lumbrera

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish [Term?], from Late Latin lūmināria (compare Galician lumieira, Catalan llumenera (“oil lamp, luminary”), French lumière (“light”), Romanian lumânare (“candle”)), plural of lūmināre (“light, lamp, luminary”), based on Latin lūmen (“light”). Doublet of the borrowing luminaria.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lumˈbɾeɾa/, [lũmˈbɾeɾa]
Rhymes: -eɾa

Noun

lumbrera f (plural lumbreras)

genius, intelligent person
louver
luminary (all senses)
(dated) lamp or other device for giving light
(poetic, in the plural) eyes
(nautical) porthole
(often ironical) stupid, dumb, slow person

Synonyms

(luminary): luminaria f
(lamp): lámpara f
(porthole): escotilla f

Related terms

Further reading

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

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