hombro

hombro m (plural hombros)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of ombro.

Inherited from Old Spanish ombro, from Latin humerus, umerus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃émsos (“shoulder”). Doublet of húmero.

• IPA^(key): /ˈombɾo/ [ˈõm.bɾo]

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• Rhymes: -ombɾo
• Syllabification: hom‧bro

hombro m (plural hombros)

1. (anatomy) shoulder

• “hombro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “hombro”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010