sombrero

som·bre·ro
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UK/səmˈbɹɛɹ.əʊ/UK/sɒmˈbɹɛɹ.əʊ/US/səmˈbɹɛɹ.oʊ/US/sɑmˈbɹɛɹ.oʊ/

noun

A kind of hat with a high conical or cylindrical crown and a saucer-shaped brim, highly embroidered, made of plush felt.

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Hat Island
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Meanings

sombrero1

nounsombrero (plural sombreros)

plural sombreros

  1. A kind of hat with a high conical or cylindrical crown and a saucer-shaped brim, highly embroidered, made of plush felt.

    `Hey listen Pancho, take your hands off me or I'll stick your sombrero up your Khyber.'

    1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 42
    1 more example

    Beatrice looked up and saw a man standing before her; the huge sombrero overshadowed his face, but the light of the lamp shone on a large and glittering knife in his girdle.

    1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 135
  2. A mixed drink with coffee liqueur and cream.
  3. bowlingA series of four consecutive strikes.
  4. obsoleteAn umbrella.

Sombrero2

proper noun
  1. An island of Anguilla.

    Synonyms: Hat Island

Sombrero3

proper noun
  1. A sitio in the barangay of Ambuclao, Bokod, Benguet, Philippines.

    The site contained the agreement areas and facilities no longer needed by the NPC and PSALM and excluded in the privatization of the Ambuklao Plant in Sitio Sombrero managed and maintained by indigenous peoples.

    2016 September 9, Vanessa Kate F. Madrazo, “More areas eyed as Benguet heritage site”, in SunStar, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2026

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounAn island of Anguilla.

Similar
Hat Island

Origin

sombrero · noun

  1. Spanishsombrero“hat”
  2. Englishsombrero

Borrowed from Spanish sombrero (“hat”), from sombra (“shadow, shade”) + -ero, literally, "shade-maker". The drink was named after the hat.

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Sombrero · proper noun

  1. Spanishsombrero
  2. EnglishSombrero

From sombrero, from Spanish sombrero. The island is named for its resemblance to the headgear.

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Translations

Catalan barret mexicà
  • barret mexicàhat
Esperanto sombrero
  • sombrerohat
Finnish sombrero, sombrero
  • sombrerohat
  • sombrerodrink
  • kinnusetbowling: series of four strikes
French sombréro
  • sombrérohat
German Sombrero
  • Sombrerohat
Hebrew סוֹמְבְּרֶרוֹ
  • סוֹמְבְּרֶרוֹ (sombrero)hat
Hungarian szombréró
  • szombréróhat
Icelandic mexíkanahattur
  • mexíkanahatturhat
Irish soimbréaró
  • soimbréaróhat
Japanese ソンブレロ
  • ソンブレロ (sonburero)hat
Korean 솜브레로
  • 솜브레로 (sombeurero)hat
Latin causia
  • causiahat
Polish sombrero
  • sombrerohat
Portuguese sombreiro
  • sombreirohat
Russian сомбре́ро
  • сомбре́ро (sombrɛ́ro)hat
Spanish sombrero mexicano, sombrero de charro
  • sombrero mexicanohat
  • sombrero de charrohat
Swedish sombrero
  • sombrerohat
Turkish sombrero
  • sombrerohat

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Cite this entry
APA

sombrero. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sombrero

MLA

“sombrero.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sombrero. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sombrero,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sombrero.

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