Polyglot Dictionary

lumbre

/ˈlumbɾe/

la noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. fire

    • Se sentaron junto a la lumbre.

      They sat by the fire.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Mass Scope Individual

Similar words

fuego

lumbre is more traditional or rural, like a hearth fire, or "dar lumbre," giving someone a light for a cigarette; fuego is the general word for "fire."

Similar in other languages

English

flame

Close — fire relates to a flame.

Practice

1 What does lumbre mean?

2 Fill the gap: Se sentaron junto a la ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches lumbre?

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