lumbrera

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited 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/ [lũmˈbɾe.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: lum‧bre‧ra

Noun

lumbrera f (plural lumbreras)

1. genius, intelligent person
2. louver
3. luminary (all senses)

   Synonym: luminaria

4. (dated) lamp or other device for giving light

   Synonym: lámpara

5. (poetic, in the plural) eyes
6. (nautical) porthole

   Synonym: escotilla

7. (often ironical) stupid, dumb, slow person

Related terms

• alumbrar
• lumbre

 

Further reading

• “lumbrera”, 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