What does «umbra» mean in Spanish?
- Shadow, darkness, lack of light.
- In astronomy, the umbra is the innermost, darkest part of a shadow, where the light source is completely blocked by the occluded body. An observer in the umbra experiences a total eclipse.
- In Zoology, a genus of teleost fishes native to Europe and North America, of which three species are known Umbra krameri (European damselfish, common in aquaria), Umbra limi and Umbra pygmaea.
- In Antropología, lengua indígena de Colombia.